Study on campus - Massey University

Massey University of New Zealand - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa - Massey University

Study online - Massey University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Research and specialist centres - Massey University

Student life at Massey - Massey University

Commercialisation - Massey University

Planning your study - Massey University

Pacific Massey - Massey University

International students - Massey 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

July 2025

June 2025

Massey University

Title / URL	Issues
Study on campus - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/study-on-campus/	6
Massey University of New Zealand - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/	6
Study online - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/study-online/	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.massey.ac.nz/	6
Research and specialist centres - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/research/research-centres/	4
Student life at Massey - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/student-life/	4
Commercialisation - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/research/commercialisation/	4
Planning your study - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/planning-your-study/	4
Pacific Massey - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/student-life/pacific-massey/	4
International students - Massey Universitywww.massey.ac.nz/study/international-students/	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Massey University

Where this issue has occurred