Support | College of the Holy Cross

Outcomes After Holy Cross | College of the Holy Cross

Academics | College of the Holy Cross

Leadership | College of the Holy Cross

About Holy Cross | College of the Holy Cross

404 – Page Not Found | College of the Holy Cross

Why Holy Cross? | College of the Holy Cross

A-Z Site Index | College of the Holy Cross

Contact the College of the Holy Cross | College of the Holy Cross

Visitors | College of the Holy Cross

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

January 2024

December 2023

College of the Holy Cross

Title / URL	Issues
Support \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/alumni/support	41
Outcomes After Holy Cross \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/outcomes-after-holy-cross	11
Academics \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/academics	7
Leadership \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/about-us/leadership	7
About Holy Cross \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/about-holy-cross	7
404 – Page Not Found \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	7
Why Holy Cross? \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/why-holy-cross	7
A-Z Site Index \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/a-z-site-index	7
Contact the College of the Holy Cross \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/contact	7
Visitors \| College of the Holy Crosswww.holycross.edu/visitors	7

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

College of the Holy Cross

Where this issue has occurred