Homepage | LAPC

Offices | LAPC

CopyTech | LAPC

Campus Maps & Phone Directory | LAPC

LAPC Foundation | LAPC

New Student Checklist | LAPC

Why LAPC | LAPC

Office of Institutional Effectiveness | LAPC

College Committees | LAPC

Marketing & Public Relations | LAPC

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

Pierce College

Title / URL	Issues
Homepage \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/	1
Offices \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/offices	1
CopyTech \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/offices/copytech	1
Campus Maps & Phone Directory \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/about/campus-map	1
LAPC Foundation \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/about/foundation	1
New Student Checklist \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/student-services/spr/drc/getting-started	1
Why LAPC \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/about/why-lapc	1
Office of Institutional Effectiveness \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/offices/oie	1
College Committees \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/about/committees	1
Marketing & Public Relations \| LAPCwww.lapc.edu/offices/pr	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Pierce College

Where this issue has occurred