Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility | LACCD

Board Overview | LACCD

District Academic Senate | LACCD

AAOI | LACCD

Executive Committee of the DBC | LACCD

Office of the Chief Financial Officer | LACCD

Education Protection Account (EPA) | LACCD

Office of General Counsel | LACCD

Dolores Huerta Labor Institute (DHLI) | LACCD

Office of Information Technology | LACCD

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

Los Angeles Community College District

Title / URL	Issues
Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/offices/diversity	1
Board Overview \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/board	1
District Academic Senate \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/governance/das	1
AAOI \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/offices/aaoi	1
Executive Committee of the DBC \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/governance/dbc	1
Office of the Chief Financial Officer \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/offices/cfo	1
Education Protection Account (EPA) \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/about/epa	1
Office of General Counsel \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/offices/ogc	1
Dolores Huerta Labor Institute (DHLI) \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/about/dhli	1
Office of Information Technology \| LACCDwww.laccd.edu/offices/oit	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Los Angeles Community College District

Where this issue has occurred