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After Mount Holyoke | Mount Holyoke College

News & Stories | Mount Holyoke 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

November 2025

October 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	At a Glance \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/why-mount-holyoke/glance	1
	Why Mount Holyoke \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/why-mount-holyoke	1
	Staff \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/staff	1
	New Students \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/new-students	1
	Five College Students \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/five-college-students	1
	Faculty Mentorship \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/academics/faculty-mentorship	1
	Families & Friends \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/parents-families	1
	Careers at Mount Holyoke \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/careers-mount-holyoke	1
	After Mount Holyoke \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/academics/after-mount-holyoke	1
	News & Stories \| Mount Holyoke Collegewww.mtholyoke.edu/news	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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