Events | Merrimack College

Faculty Resources Merrimack | Academic Resources | Apps

Warrior One Stop | Financial Aid, Registration, Student Records

Alumni Merrimack College | Alumni Events, Support, Services

Graduate Admissions Merrimack | Apply To Merrimack College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Current Students | Academic Resources, Campus Life, Technology

McQuade Library | Merrimack College

Girard School of Business Merrimack | Business School, Majors

Page not found – Merrimack College

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

Merrimack College

Title / URL	Issues
Events \| Merrimack Collegewww.merrimack.edu/calendar/	3
Faculty Resources Merrimack \| Academic Resources \| Appswww.merrimack.edu/faculty/	2
Warrior One Stop \| Financial Aid, Registration, Student Recordswww.merrimack.edu/warrior-one-stop/	2
Alumni Merrimack College \| Alumni Events, Support, Serviceswww.merrimack.edu/alumni_friends/	2
Graduate Admissions Merrimack \| Apply To Merrimack Collegewww.merrimack.edu/admission/graduate/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.merrimack.edu/	2
Current Students \| Academic Resources, Campus Life, Technologywww.merrimack.edu/current_students/	2
McQuade Library \| Merrimack Collegewww.merrimack.edu/library/	2
Girard School of Business Merrimack \| Business School, Majorswww.merrimack.edu/academics/business/	2
Page not found – Merrimack Collegewww.merrimack.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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