Graduate Degree Programs at John Brown University

Academics at John Brown University

About John Brown University

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Tickets

Giving to JBU

Parents at JBU

Majors & Degree Programs

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John Brown University: A Christian College in Northwest Arkansas

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Graduate Degree Programs at John Brown Universitywww.jbu.edu/graduate/	7
Academics at John Brown Universitywww.jbu.edu/academics/	7
About John Brown Universitywww.jbu.edu/about/	7
Error 404 \| Page not foundwww.jbu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	7
Ticketswww.jbu.edu/tickets/	7
Giving to JBUwww.jbu.edu/giving/	7
Parents at JBUwww.jbu.edu/parents/	7
Majors & Degree Programswww.jbu.edu/majors/	7
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.jbu.edu/	7
John Brown University: A Christian College in Northwest Arkansaswww.jbu.edu/	7

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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