Timeline - ClimateUEA

Speculative Nature Writing - Climate UEA

Contact the Library

Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - University of East Anglia

Research at UEA

Exploring Indigenous Visions - ClimateUEA

Admissions Enquiries Live Chat

Estates Live Chat

Interviews and Auditions for Applicants

Online International Assessments - ClimateUEA

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

September 2025

August 2025

University of East Anglia

	Title / URL	Issues
	Timeline - ClimateUEAwww.uea.ac.uk/climate/timeline	1
	Speculative Nature Writing - Climate UEAwww.uea.ac.uk/climate/speculative-nature-writing	1
	Contact the Librarywww.uea.ac.uk/library/explore-the-library/contact-us	1
	Postgraduate Virtual Open Day - University of East Angliawww.uea.ac.uk/visit/postgraduate-virtual-open-day	1
	Research at UEAwww.uea.ac.uk/research	1
	Exploring Indigenous Visions - ClimateUEAwww.uea.ac.uk/climate/local-vocal	1
	Admissions Enquiries Live Chatwww.uea.ac.uk/study/enquiries/live-chat	1
	Estates Live Chatwww.uea.ac.uk/uea-life/campus-life/estates-live-chat	1
	Interviews and Auditions for Applicantswww.uea.ac.uk/visit/applicant-interviews	1
	Online International Assessments - ClimateUEAwww.uea.ac.uk/climate/upload-and-download	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of East Anglia

Where this issue has occurred