Parents at JBU

Academics at John Brown University

About John Brown University

Error 404 | Page not found

Tickets

Giving to JBU

Alumni Association

John Brown University: A Christian College in Northwest Arkansas

Majors & Degree Programs

Student Life at John Brown 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

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John Brown University

Title / URL	Issues
Parents at JBUwww.jbu.edu/parents/	8
Academics at John Brown Universitywww.jbu.edu/academics/	8
About John Brown Universitywww.jbu.edu/about/	8
Error 404 \| Page not foundwww.jbu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	8
Ticketswww.jbu.edu/tickets/	8
Giving to JBUwww.jbu.edu/giving/	8
Alumni Associationwww.jbu.edu/alumni/	8
John Brown University: A Christian College in Northwest Arkansaswww.jbu.edu/	8
Majors & Degree Programswww.jbu.edu/majors/	8
Student Life at John Brown Universitywww.jbu.edu/student-life/	8

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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