RCA x Snap Inc. | Royal College of Art

Dr Ali Asadipour | Royal College of Art

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Learning environment | Royal College of Art

RapidFormRCA | Royal College of Art

Careers support | Royal College of Art

Dr Jesse Ash | Royal College of Art

Riccardo Badano | Royal College of Art

News | Royal College of Art

Terra Carta Design Lab | Royal College of Art

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

Royal College of Art

Title / URL	Issues
RCA x Snap Inc. \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/business/case-studies/rca-x-snap-inc/	11
Dr Ali Asadipour \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/more/staff/dr-ali-asadipour/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.rca.ac.uk/	3
Learning environment \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/study/the-rca-experience/learning-environment/	3
RapidFormRCA \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/business/rapid-prototyping/	3
Careers support \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/study/the-rca-experience/careers-support/	3
Dr Jesse Ash \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/more/staff/jesse-ash/	3
Riccardo Badano \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/more/staff/riccardo-badano/	3
News \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/?type=my-generationrca	3
Terra Carta Design Lab \| Royal College of Artwww.rca.ac.uk/business/terra-carta-design-lab/	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Royal College of Art

Where this issue has occurred