Guide to Clearing | Clearing | Uni of Herts

Clearing at Herts | Clearing | Uni of Herts

Undergraduate courses and degrees | Courses | Uni of Herts

Postgraduate and Master’s Degree Courses | Courses | Uni of Herts

Search | Courses | Uni of Herts

Application guide | Study | Uni of Herts

Short courses and CPD | Courses | Uni of Herts

Apprenticeships | Courses | Uni of Herts

Student accommodation | Life | Uni of Herts

Living on campus | Life | Uni of Herts

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

August 2025

July 2025

University of Hertfordshire

	Title / URL	Issues
	Guide to Clearing \| Clearing \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/clearing/guide-to-clearing	26
	Clearing at Herts \| Clearing \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/clearing	23
	Undergraduate courses and degrees \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-courses	15
	Postgraduate and Master’s Degree Courses \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-masters-study	13
	Search \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/search	10
	Application guide \| Study \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/study/how-to-apply	9
	Short courses and CPD \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/short-courses-and-cpd	4
	Apprenticeships \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/apprenticeship-study	4
	Student accommodation \| Life \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/life/student-accommodation	1
	Living on campus \| Life \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/life/student-accommodation/living-on-campus	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Hertfordshire

Where this issue has occurred