Gordon Hush | GSA Staff

Katy West | GSA Staff

Miranda Webster | GSA Staff

Christina McBride | GSA Staff

Sneha Raman | GSA Staff

Thea Stevens | GSA Staff

Shauna McMullan | GSA Staff

Janet Kelly | GSA Staff

Clara Ursitti | GSA Staff

Angela Tulloch | GSA Staff

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

April 2025

March 2025

The Glasgow School of Art

Title / URL	Issues
Gordon Hush \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-330	4
Katy West \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-865	4
Miranda Webster \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-262	4
Christina McBride \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-253	4
Sneha Raman \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-933	4
Thea Stevens \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-664	4
Shauna McMullan \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-241	4
Janet Kelly \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-752	4
Clara Ursitti \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-238	4
Angela Tulloch \| GSA Staffwww.gsa.ac.uk/staff/user-953	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

The Glasgow School of Art

Where this issue has occurred