Meet our Team | University of Bedfordshire

Our Graduates | University of Bedfordshire

Our honouries | University of Bedfordshire

Welcome | University of Bedfordshire

'Bits of Beds' podcast | University of Bedfordshire

Acting | University of Bedfordshire

Exams | University of Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire | University of Bedfordshire

Made at Bedfordshire | University of Bedfordshire

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 2024

May 2024

University of Bedfordshire

Title / URL	Issues
Meet our Team \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/ris/meet-our-team/	28
Our Graduates \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/about-us/our-graduates/	23
Our honouries \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/about-us/our-honouries/	15
Welcome \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/welcome/	11
'Bits of Beds' podcast \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/podcast	10
'Bits of Beds' podcast \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/news/bits-of-beds-podcast/	10
Acting \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/courses/undergraduate/next-year/acting/	9
Exams \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/exams/	8
Bedfordshire \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/bedfordshire/	8
Made at Bedfordshire \| University of Bedfordshirewww.beds.ac.uk/news/made-at-bedfordshire/	8

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Bedfordshire

Where this issue has occurred