Events | Diablo Valley College

About DVC | Diablo Valley College

Visit Diablo Valley College! | Diablo Valley College

Transfer Programs | Diablo Valley College

DVC Student Centers | Diablo Valley College

Types of Financial Aid | Diablo Valley College

Faculty / Staff | Diablo Valley College

Important Dates & Academic Calendar | Diablo Valley College

Online Programs | Diablo Valley College

Study Abroad Opportunities at DVC | Diablo Valley College

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

August 2025

July 2025

Diablo Valley College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Events \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/events	8
	About DVC \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/about-dvc	6
	Visit Diablo Valley College! \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/admissions/visit-us	6
	Transfer Programs \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/academics/transfer-programs	6
	DVC Student Centers \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/academics/student-centers	6
	Types of Financial Aid \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid	6
	Faculty / Staff \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/directory	6
	Important Dates & Academic Calendar \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/academics/academic-calendar	6
	Online Programs \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/academics/online-programs	6
	Study Abroad Opportunities at DVC \| Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu/life-dvc/study-abroad	6

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Diablo Valley College

Where this issue has occurred