Areas of Study | ORGS | SFA

Academic Affairs | SFA

Reporting Concerns | Audit Services | SFA

Academic Assistance and Resource Center | AARC | SFA

DeWitt School of Nursing | A Top Nursing Program in Texas | SFA

Office of International Programs | SFA

About SFA | SFA

Stephen F. Austin State University | University in Texas

A-Z List | 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

October 2024

September 2024

Stephen F. Austin State University

Title / URL	Issues
Areas of Study \| ORGS \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/academics/orgs/graduate-admissions/areas-of-study	4
Academic Affairs \| SFAsfasu.edu/acadaffairs	4
Reporting Concerns \| Audit Services \| SFAsfasu.edu/audit/reporting-concerns	4
Academic Assistance and Resource Center \| AARC \| SFAsfasu.edu/aarc	2
DeWitt School of Nursing \| A Top Nursing Program in Texas \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/academics/colleges/sciences-math/nursing	2
Office of International Programs \| SFAsfasu.edu/international	2
About SFA \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/about-sfa	1
Stephen F. Austin State University \| University in Texassfasu.edu/	1
A-Z List \| SFAwww.sfasu.edu/a-to-z	1
A-Z List \| SFAsfasu.edu/a-to-z	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Stephen F. Austin State University

Where this issue has occurred