Lawrence University Conservatory of Music | Lawrence University

Majors & Minors | Lawrence University

Academic Degrees | Lawrence University

Apply | Lawrence University

Lawrence 175th | Lawrence University

Dining | Lawrence University

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Lawrence University

Housing | Lawrence University

Life at Lawrence | Lawrence University

Visit and Connect | Lawrence 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

June 2025

May 2025

Lawrence University

Title / URL	Issues
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/conservatory	6
Majors & Minors \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/academics/majors-minors	6
Academic Degrees \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/academics/degrees	6
Apply \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/admissions-aid/apply	6
Lawrence 175th \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/about/lawrence-175th	6
Dining \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/life-lawrence/dining	6
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/academics/college	6
Housing \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/life-lawrence/housing	6
Life at Lawrence \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/life-lawrence	6
Visit and Connect \| Lawrence Universitywww.lawrence.edu/admissions-aid/visit	6

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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Where this issue has occurred