History | Nova Southeastern University

University Resources | Nova Southeastern University

Libraries | Nova Southeastern University

Office of the Provost | Nova Southeastern University

Student Veterans | Nova Southeastern University

Employment & Careers | Nova Southeastern University

Web Privacy Policy | Nova Southeastern University

State of the University | Nova Southeastern University

Title IX | Nova Southeastern University

Financial Aid | Nova Southeastern 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

Nova Southeastern University

	Title / URL	Issues
	History \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/about/history.html	8
	University Resources \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/resources/index.html	8
	Libraries \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/community/libraries.html	8
	Office of the Provost \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/provost/index.html	8
	Student Veterans \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/veterans/index.html	8
	Employment & Careers \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/resources/employment.html	8
	Web Privacy Policy \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/privacy.html	8
	State of the University \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/state-of-the-university/	8
	Title IX \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/title-ix/index.html	8
	Financial Aid \| Nova Southeastern Universitywww.nova.edu/financial-aid/index.html	8

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Nova Southeastern University

Where this issue has occurred