Office of the Provost | Academics | The University of Scranton

Web Disclaimer | The University of Scranton

Page Not Found | The University of Scranton

Advancement | The University of Scranton

Jesuit Tradition | About Us | The University of Scranton

Alumni | The University of Scranton

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Form | Advancement | The University of Scranton

About Us | The University of Scranton

University of Scranton | Home

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

February 2025

January 2025

The University of Scranton

Title / URL	Issues
Office of the Provost \| Academics \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/academics/provost/index.shtml	4
Web Disclaimer \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/disclaimer.shtml	4
Page Not Found \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	4
Advancement \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/advancement/index.shtml	2
Jesuit Tradition \| About Us \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/about/jesuit-tradition/index.shtml	2
Alumni \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/alumni/index.shtml	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.scranton.edu/	2
Form \| Advancement \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/advancement/form/index.shtml	2
About Us \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/about/index.shtml	2
University of Scranton \| Homewww.scranton.edu/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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