About | Texas A&M University

Former Students | Texas A&M University

Academics | Texas A&M University

Support for Academic Success at Texas A&M | Texas A&M University

Page Not Found | Texas A&M University

Leadership | Texas A&M University

Research | Texas A&M University

Veterans | Texas A&M University

Frequently Asked Questions | Texas A&M University

Staff | Texas A&M University

When using accessible descriptions (`aria-describedby`), ensure that the 
descriptions exist.

## Explanation

ARIA descriptions are commonly used to add supplementary information to 
elements in a page, especially form controls. For example:

```html
<input type="email" aria-describedby="email-help">
<p id="email-helpp">Enter your work email address</p>
```

In this example, the `aria-describedby` for the field points to an ID of `email-help`,
which doesn't exist. The paragraph it refers to instead has an ID of `email-helpp`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible description is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a description, but
that description is missing.

When a description is broken, key information about that element may be omitted from 
assistive technologies.

missing-aria-described-by

June 2024

May 2024

Texas A&M University

Title / URL	Issues
About \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/about/index.html	1
Former Students \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/former-students/index.html	1
Academics \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/academics/index.html	1
Support for Academic Success at Texas A&M \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/academics/support.html	1
Page Not Found \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page/index.html	1
Leadership \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/about/leadership.html	1
Research \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/research/index.html	1
Veterans \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/veterans/index.html	1
Frequently Asked Questions \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/about/faq.html	1
Staff \| Texas A&M Universitywww.tamu.edu/staff/index.html	1

Fix missing ARIA description IDs

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Where this issue has occurred