The Simmons Edge | Simmons University

Simmons University Library | Simmons University

Research | Simmons University

News | Simmons University

Online Degree Completion Program | Simmons University

Graduate Admission | Simmons University

Admission & Financial Aid | Simmons University

Why Simmons | Simmons University

Employee Directory | Simmons University

Alumnae/i and Friends | Simmons 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

January 2026

December 2025

Simmons College

Title / URL	Issues
The Simmons Edge \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/simmons-edge	7
Simmons University Library \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/library	1
Research \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/research	1
News \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/news	1
Online Degree Completion Program \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/undergraduate/online	1
Graduate Admission \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/graduate/admission	1
Admission & Financial Aid \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/admission-financial-aid	1
Why Simmons \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/why-simmons	1
Employee Directory \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/directory	1
Alumnae/i and Friends \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Simmons College

Where this issue has occurred