Success stories | University of East London

South Asia | University of East London

Student life | University of East London

Year of Science | University of East London

Visual Arts | University of East London

Offer Holders | University of East London

Psychology | University of East London

Fashion | University of East London

Sustainability | University of East London

Performing Arts | University of East London

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

March 2025

February 2025

University of East London

Title / URL	Issues
Success stories \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/about/alumni/success-stories	24
South Asia \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/international/regions/south-asia	7
Student life \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/study/student-life	7
Year of Science \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/year-of-science	4
Visual Arts \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/study/subjects/visual-arts	3
Offer Holders \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/offer-holders	3
Psychology \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/study/subjects/psychology	2
Fashion \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/study/subjects/fashion	2
Sustainability \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/about/sustainability	2
Performing Arts \| University of East Londonuel.ac.uk/study/subjects/performing-arts	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of East London

Where this issue has occurred