Alumni & Friends | Framingham University

Board of Trustees | Framingham University

Academics | Framingham University

Commencement | Framingham University

Explore Programs at Framingham | Framingham University

Campus Life | Framingham University

Careers at FSU | Framingham University

Cost & Aid | Framingham University

Home | Framingham University

Admissions & Aid | Framingham 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

Framingham State University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Alumni & Friends \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/info/alumni-friends	1
	Board of Trustees \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/about-fsu/board-trustees	1
	Academics \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/academics	1
	Commencement \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/academics/commencement	1
	Explore Programs at Framingham \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/academics/all	1
	Campus Life \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/campus-life	1
	Careers at FSU \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/about-fsu/careers-fsu	1
	Cost & Aid \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/admissions-aid/cost-aid	1
	Home \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/	1
	Admissions & Aid \| Framingham Universitywww.framingham.edu/admissions-aid	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Framingham State University

Where this issue has occurred