College of Arts and Sciences | Creighton University

The Success Center

School of Medicine | Creighton University | Omaha, NE

Admissions | Creighton University

Creighton University School of Law

Academics at Creighton

Office of the Registrar

School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Creighton University Libraries

Find Your Application | Creighton University

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

June 2025

May 2025

Creighton University

Title / URL	Issues
College of Arts and Sciences \| Creighton Universitywww.creighton.edu/arts-sciences	12
The Success Centerwww.creighton.edu/student-success	12
School of Medicine \| Creighton University \| Omaha, NEwww.creighton.edu/medicine	12
Admissions \| Creighton Universitywww.creighton.edu/admissions	12
Creighton University School of Lawwww.creighton.edu/law	12
Academics at Creightonwww.creighton.edu/academics	12
Office of the Registrarwww.creighton.edu/registrar	12
School of Pharmacy and Health Professionswww.creighton.edu/pharmacy-ot-pt	12
Creighton University Librarieswww.creighton.edu/academics/libraries	12
Find Your Application \| Creighton Universitywww.creighton.edu/admissions/find-application	12

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Creighton University

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