Academic Support | RIT

About RIT | RIT

Visit | RIT

Colleges | RIT

Career Services and Co-op | RIT

Areas of Study | RIT

History of RIT | RIT

Contact | RIT

Careers at RIT | RIT

Opportunities for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing | Admissions and Aid | RIT

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

Rochester Institute of Technology

	Title / URL	Issues
	Academic Support \| RITwww.rit.edu/academic-support	1
	About RIT \| RITwww.rit.edu/about-rit	1
	Visit \| RITwww.rit.edu/visit	1
	Colleges \| RITwww.rit.edu/colleges	1
	Career Services and Co-op \| RITwww.rit.edu/careerservices/	1
	Areas of Study \| RITwww.rit.edu/areas-of-study	1
	History of RIT \| RITwww.rit.edu/history-rit	1
	Contact \| RITwww.rit.edu/contact	1
	Careers at RIT \| RITwww.rit.edu/careers	1
	Opportunities for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing \| Admissions and Aid \| RITwww.rit.edu/admissions/dhh	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Rochester Institute of Technology

Where this issue has occurred