Contact | OCAD University

About The University | OCAD University

Senate | OCAD University

After OCAD U | OCAD University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Home | OCAD University

Board of Governors | OCAD University

Become A Student | OCAD University

Partner With Us | OCAD University

President | OCAD 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 2026

January 2026

Ontario College of Art and Design University

Title / URL	Issues
Contact \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/contact-us	54
About The University \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/about-university	21
Senate \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/about-ocad-u/governance/senate	19
After OCAD U \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/after-ocad-u	18
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ocadu.ca/	15
Home \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/	15
Board of Governors \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/about-ocad-u/governance/board-governors	14
Become A Student \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/become-a-student	14
Partner With Us \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/partner-us	14
President \| OCAD Universitywww.ocadu.ca/about-ocad-u/president	13

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Ontario College of Art and Design University

Where this issue has occurred