Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Middlebury Language Schools

Middlebury College

Alumni, Families, and Friends | Middlebury

MiddData | Middlebury

Energy2028 Homepage | Middlebury

Office of the President | Middlebury

Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English

About Middlebury | Middlebury

Emergency Response | Middlebury

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

Title / URL	Issues
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Montereywww.middlebury.edu/institute/	11
Middlebury Language Schoolswww.middlebury.edu/language-schools/	4
Middlebury Collegewww.middlebury.edu/college/	4
Alumni, Families, and Friends \| Middleburywww.middlebury.edu/alumni-and-families	3
MiddData \| Middleburywww.middlebury.edu/midddata	3
Energy2028 Homepage \| Middleburywww.middlebury.edu/energy2028	2
Office of the President \| Middleburywww.middlebury.edu/president	2
Middlebury Bread Loaf School of Englishwww.middlebury.edu/school-english/	2
About Middlebury \| Middleburywww.middlebury.edu/about	2
Emergency Response \| Middleburywww.middlebury.edu/emergency-response	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Middlebury College

Where this issue has occurred