Events | Deakin

Study online | Deakin

Student life | Deakin

Access programs | Deakin

Trimester two | Deakin

Undergraduate courses | Deakin

Postgraduate courses | Deakin

Double degrees | Deakin

How to apply | Deakin

Find a course by ATAR | Deakin

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

July 2025

June 2025

Deakin University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Events \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/student-life-and-services/events	20
	Study online \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/study-online	19
	Student life \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/student-life-and-services/student-life	19
	Access programs \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/access-programs	19
	Trimester two \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/trimester-two	19
	Undergraduate courses \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/find-a-course/undergraduate-courses	19
	Postgraduate courses \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/find-a-course/postgraduate-courses	19
	Double degrees \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/find-a-course/double-degrees	19
	How to apply \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/how-to-apply	19
	Find a course by ATAR \| Deakinwww.deakin.edu.au/study/find-a-course-by-atar	19

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Deakin University

Where this issue has occurred