Ohio Northern University | Ohio Northern University

Events | Ohio Northern University

Student Stories | Ohio Northern University

Forward Together | Ohio Northern University

President | Ohio Northern University

Alumni & Friends | Ohio Northern University

Majors & Programs of Study | ONU

404 Page Not Found | Ohio Northern University

Contact ONU | Ohio Northern University

Ada, Ohio | 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

June 2025

May 2025

Ohio Northern University

Title / URL	Issues
Ohio Northern University \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/	3
Events \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/events	3
Student Stories \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/student-stories	3
Forward Together \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/forward-together	3
President \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/about/president	3
Alumni & Friends \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/alumni-and-friends	3
Majors & Programs of Study \| ONUwww.onu.edu/academics	3
404 Page Not Found \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	3
Contact ONU \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/contact	3
Ada, Ohio \| ONUwww.onu.edu/about/getting-know-ada	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Ohio Northern University

Where this issue has occurred