Leadership | University of California, Riverside

About UCR | University of California, Riverside

Rankings and Facts | University of California, Riverside

Admissions | University of California, Riverside

Campus Life | University of California, Riverside

Centers and Facilities | University of California, Riverside

Privacy Statement | University of California, Riverside

Research | University of California, Riverside

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Arts and Culture | University of California, Riverside

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 California Riverside

Title / URL	Issues
Leadership \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/leadership	3
About UCR \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/about-ucr	3
Rankings and Facts \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/about/ranks-and-facts	3
Admissions \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/admissions	2
Campus Life \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/campus-life	2
Centers and Facilities \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/research/centers	2
Privacy Statement \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/privacy.html	2
Research \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/research	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ucr.edu/	2
Arts and Culture \| University of California, Riversidewww.ucr.edu/campus-life/arts-and-culture	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of California Riverside

Where this issue has occurred