Alumni | Massachusetts Bay Community College

Admissions Get Started | Massachusetts Bay Community College

Visit Us | Massachusetts Bay Community College

News | Massachusetts Bay Community College

Veterans | Massachusetts Bay Community College

Find your Future at MassBay! | Massachusetts Bay Community College

404 | Massachusetts Bay Community College

Transportation | Massachusetts Bay Community College

Student Accounts: Paying Your Bill | Massachusetts Bay Community College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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

January 2026

December 2025

MassBay Community College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Alumni \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/alumni	1
	Admissions Get Started \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/admissions	1
	Visit Us \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/admissions/visit-us	1
	News \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/about/news	1
	Veterans \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/veterans	1
	Find your Future at MassBay! \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/info-sessions	1
	404 \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Transportation \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/transportation	1
	Student Accounts: Paying Your Bill \| Massachusetts Bay Community Collegewww.massbay.edu/studentaccounts	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.massbay.edu/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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