Student Experience | Illinois Institute of Technology

Academics | Illinois Institute of Technology

Research | Illinois Institute of Technology

Apply | Illinois Institute of Technology

About Research | Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Tech | Illinois Institute of Technology

Student Research | Illinois Institute of Technology

University Research Initiatives | Illinois Institute of Technology

Resources for School Counselors | Illinois Institute of Technology

Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs | Illinois Institute of Technology

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

October 2025

September 2025

Illinois Institute of Technology

Title / URL	Issues
Student Experience \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/student-experience	1
Academics \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/academics	1
Research \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/research	1
Apply \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/admissions-aid/apply	1
About Research \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/research/about-research	1
Illinois Tech \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/	1
Student Research \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/research/student-research	1
University Research Initiatives \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/research/initiatives	1
Resources for School Counselors \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/resources-school-counselors	1
Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/community-affairs	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Illinois Institute of Technology

Where this issue has occurred