Consumer Information | Ohio Northern University

ONU Board of Trustees | Ohio Northern University

Jobs, Careers, & Employment | Human Resources | ONU

News | Ohio Northern University

About | Ohio Northern University

Freed Center | Performing Arts & Musical Theater | ONU

Student Population & Enrollment | ONU At-a-Glance

ONU Directory | Ohio Northern University

Apply to ONU | Ohio Northern University

Distinctly ONU | Ohio Northern 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

February 2025

January 2025

Ohio Northern University

Title / URL	Issues
Consumer Information \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/consumer-information	3
ONU Board of Trustees \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/about/onu-board-trustees	3
Jobs, Careers, & Employment \| Human Resources \| ONUwww.onu.edu/about/human-resources	3
News \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/news	3
About \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/about	3
Freed Center \| Performing Arts & Musical Theater \| ONUwww.onu.edu/freed	3
Student Population & Enrollment \| ONU At-a-Glancewww.onu.edu/about/onu-glance	3
ONU Directory \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/directory	3
Apply to ONU \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/admissions-aid/apply-onu	3
Distinctly ONU \| Ohio Northern Universitywww.onu.edu/distinctly-onu	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Ohio Northern University

Where this issue has occurred