Tuition and aid | Metro State University

The Lakes List | Metro State University

Finances | Metro State University

Office of Equity and Inclusion | Metro State University

Alumni Relations | Metro State University

University Foundation | Metro State University

Get started at Metro State | Metro State 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

December 2025

November 2025

Metropolitan State University

Title / URL	Issues
Tuition and aid \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/apply/tuition	8
The Lakes List \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/lakeslist	3
Finances \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/finances	3
Office of Equity and Inclusion \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/about/diversity	1
Alumni Relations \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/alumni	1
University Foundation \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/give	1
Get started at Metro State \| Metro State Universitywww.metrostate.edu/apply	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Metropolitan State University

Where this issue has occurred