Office of the Registrar

Research at Creighton University in Omaha, NE

The Success Center

School of Medicine | Creighton University | Omaha, NE

Admissions | Creighton University

Creighton University School of Law

Academics at Creighton

School of Dentistry | Creighton University

Creighton University Libraries

School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

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

October 2025

September 2025

Creighton University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Office of the Registrarwww.creighton.edu/registrar	9
	Research at Creighton University in Omaha, NEwww.creighton.edu/research	9
	The Success Centerwww.creighton.edu/student-success	9
	School of Medicine \| Creighton University \| Omaha, NEwww.creighton.edu/medicine	9
	Admissions \| Creighton Universitywww.creighton.edu/admissions	9
	Creighton University School of Lawwww.creighton.edu/law	9
	Academics at Creightonwww.creighton.edu/academics	9
	School of Dentistry \| Creighton Universitywww.creighton.edu/dentistry	9
	Creighton University Librarieswww.creighton.edu/academics/libraries	9
	School of Pharmacy and Health Professionswww.creighton.edu/pharmacy-ot-pt	9

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Creighton University

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