Media Inquiry | Ohio Northern University

News | Ohio Northern University

About | Ohio Northern University

Freed Center at ONU | Performing Arts & Musical Theater | ONU

Student Population & Enrollment | ONU At-a-Glance

Consumer Information | Ohio Northern University

Give | Ohio Northern University

Get a “Guppy” Grip | Ohio Northern University

Apply to ONU | Ohio Northern University

Jobs, Careers, & Employment | Human Resources | ONU

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

September 2025

August 2025

Ohio Northern University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Media Inquiry \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/media-inquiry	3
	News \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/news	3
	About \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/about	3
	Freed Center at ONU \| Performing Arts & Musical Theater \| ONUwww.onu.edu/freed	3
	Student Population & Enrollment \| ONU At-a-Glancewww.onu.edu/about/onu-glance	3
	Consumer Information \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/consumer-information	3
	Give \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/give	3
	Get a “Guppy” Grip \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/news/get-guppy-grip	3
	Apply to ONU \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/admissions-aid/apply-onu	3
	Jobs, Careers, & Employment \| Human Resources \| ONUwww.onu.edu/about/human-resources	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Ohio Northern University

Where this issue has occurred