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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

July 2025

June 2025

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

	Title / URL	Issues
	QUT - Oops. Something broke!www.qut.edu.au/invented-url-for-404-page	7
	QUT - Homewww.qut.edu.au/	6
	QUT - Postgraduate sciencewww.qut.edu.au/study/postgraduate/science	6
	QUT - Undergraduate lawwww.qut.edu.au/study/undergraduate/law	6
	QUT - Doctor of Philosophy - Researchwww.qut.edu.au/research/study-with-us/phd	6
	QUT - Study languageswww.qut.edu.au/study/languages	6
	QUT - Postgraduate studywww.qut.edu.au/study/postgraduate	6
	QUT - Postgraduate designwww.qut.edu.au/study/postgraduate/design	6
	QUT - Health - Postgraduatewww.qut.edu.au/study/postgraduate/health	6
	QUT - Postgraduate lawwww.qut.edu.au/study/postgraduate/law	6

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Where this issue has occurred