About | About Gustavus

The Challenge Curriculum - General Education at Gustavus Adolphus College

Fine Arts | Fine Arts

Gustavus Official Stream

First time visit: View without clicking anything

What will you discover today? - Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library | Library

Sigma Xi | Sigma Xi

Academics | Academics

Calendar - August 4, 2023 – August 10, 2023 | Calendar

Summer Term - June 5-30, 2023

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

January 2026

December 2025

Gustavus Adolphus College

Title / URL	Issues
About \| About Gustavusgustavus.edu/about/	2
The Challenge Curriculum - General Education at Gustavus Adolphus Collegegustavus.edu/challenge/	2
Fine Arts \| Fine Artsgustavus.edu/finearts/	2
Gustavus Official Streamgustavus.edu/social/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythinggustavus.edu/	2
What will you discover today? - Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library \| Librarygustavus.edu/library/	2
Sigma Xi \| Sigma Xigustavus.edu/sigmaxi/	2
Academics \| Academicsgustavus.edu/academics/	2
Calendar - August 4, 2023 – August 10, 2023 \| Calendargustavus.edu/calendar/	2
Summer Term - June 5-30, 2023gustavus.edu/summerterm/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Gustavus Adolphus College

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