Juniata | Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Academic Calendars | Juniata College

About Juniata College | Juniata College

Welcome Parents and Family | Juniata College

Museum of Art | Juniata College

Academics & Programs | Juniata College

Apply | Juniata College

Registrar's Office | Juniata College

Statton Learning Commons | Juniata College

Faculty and Staff | Juniata College

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

December 2025

November 2025

Juniata College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Juniata \| Undergraduate Research Opportunitieswww.juniata.edu/academics/research/	5
	Academic Calendars \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/registrar/calendars/	1
	About Juniata College \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/about/	1
	Welcome Parents and Family \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/parents/	1
	Museum of Art \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/academics/museum/	1
	Academics & Programs \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/academics/	1
	Apply \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/admission/apply/	1
	Registrar's Office \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/registrar/	1
	Statton Learning Commons \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/academics/learning-commons//	1
	Faculty and Staff \| Juniata Collegewww.juniata.edu/faculty-staff/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Juniata College

Where this issue has occurred