Toward a New Future | The New School

The Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice | The New School

Campus Information | The New School

Contact Us | The New School

Academics | The New School

Enrollment Data | The New School

A University in New York City | The New School

Our History | The New School

Accreditation | The New School

About Our Progressive University | The New School

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

June 2025

May 2025

The New School

Title / URL	Issues
Toward a New Future \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/toward-new-future/	1
The Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/eisj/	1
Campus Information \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/about/campus-information/	1
Contact Us \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/about/contact/	1
Academics \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/academics/	1
Enrollment Data \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/enrollment-data/	1
A University in New York City \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/	1
Our History \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/about/history/	1
Accreditation \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/about/accreditation/	1
About Our Progressive University \| The New Schoolwww.newschool.edu/about/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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