Reputations and rankings - About | Curtin University

Learning and teaching, education excellence, learning experience - About | Curtin University

History, historical timeline, when was Curtin University established? - About | Curtin University

Curtin University | Make tomorrow better

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Campus locations, where is Curtin located? - About | Curtin University

Leadership, university council, senior executive team - About | Curtin University

Values, vision, strategy - About | Curtin 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

Curtin University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Reputations and rankings - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/reputation-rankings/	8
	Learning and teaching, education excellence, learning experience - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/learning-teaching/	8
	History, historical timeline, when was Curtin University established? - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/history-facts/history/	4
	Curtin University \| Make tomorrow betterwww.curtin.edu.au/	3
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.curtin.edu.au/	3
	Campus locations, where is Curtin located? - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/campus-locations/	3
	Leadership, university council, senior executive team - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/leadership/	2
	Values, vision, strategy - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/values-vision-strategy/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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