Active Learning at Illinois Tech | Illinois Institute of Technology

Apply | Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Tech | Illinois Institute of Technology

Study Away | Illinois Institute of Technology

COVID Information | Illinois Institute of Technology

Student Experience | Illinois Institute of Technology

Commencement | Illinois Institute of Technology

Contact Us | Illinois Institute of Technology

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

Office of Title IX Compliance and HEA Compliance | 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

June 2025

May 2025

Illinois Institute of Technology

Title / URL	Issues
Active Learning at Illinois Tech \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/academics/active-learning	1
Apply \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/admissions-aid/apply	1
Illinois Tech \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/	1
Study Away \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/academics/study-away	1
COVID Information \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/reopening	1
Student Experience \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/student-experience	1
Commencement \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/commencement	1
Contact Us \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/about/contact-us	1
Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/community-affairs	1
Office of Title IX Compliance and HEA Compliance \| Illinois Institute of Technologywww.iit.edu/title-ix	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Illinois Institute of Technology

Where this issue has occurred