Office of Institutional Effectiveness | LASC

Office of Public Information | LASC

Why LASC | LASC

About LASC | LASC

Financial Aid Homepage | LASC

Admissions Office | LASC

Events | LASC

Administration | LASC

President's Office | LASC

Online Learning | LASC

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 Southwest College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Office of Institutional Effectiveness \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices/ie	1
	Office of Public Information \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices/pr	1
	Why LASC \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/about/why-LASC	1
	About LASC \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/about	1
	Financial Aid Homepage \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/financial-aid	1
	Admissions Office \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/admissions	1
	Events \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/campus-life/events	1
	Administration \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices	1
	President's Office \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/offices/president	1
	Online Learning \| LASCwww.lasc.edu/academics/online	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Los Angeles Southwest College

Where this issue has occurred