Newsroom | SFA

Academic Affairs | SFA

Steen Library | SFA

About SFA | SFA

Contact Us | SFA

A-Z List | SFA

Site Policies | SFA

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Parents | SFA

Fall 2024 Guide | SFA

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 2025

December 2024

Stephen F. Austin State University

Title / URL	Issues
Newsroom \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/about-sfa/newsroom	4
Academic Affairs \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/acadaffairs	4
Steen Library \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/library	2
About SFA \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/about-sfa	2
Contact Us \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/contact-us	2
A-Z List \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/a-to-z	2
Site Policies \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/site-policies	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.sfasu.edu/	2
Parents \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/info-for/parents	2
Fall 2024 Guide \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/fall2024	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Stephen F. Austin State University

Where this issue has occurred