Our buildings - University of Huddersfield

Council profiles - University of Huddersfield

Supporting you through your journey - University of Huddersfield

Policies and procedures - University of Huddersfield

Explore our campus - University of Huddersfield

Huddersfield Students’ Union - University of Huddersfield

Preview - University of Huddersfield

Sustainability - University of Huddersfield

About us - University of Huddersfield

Postgraduate - University of Huddersfield

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 2025

May 2025

University of Huddersfield

	Title / URL	Issues
	Our buildings - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/our-buildings/	43
	Council profiles - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/about/councilprofiles/	36
	Supporting you through your journey - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/uni-life/support/	24
	Policies and procedures - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/policies/	24
	Explore our campus - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/uni-life/our-campus/	21
	Huddersfield Students’ Union - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/uni-life/su/	18
	Preview - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/our-buildings/preview/	18
	Sustainability - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/sustainability/	18
	About us - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/about/	17
	Postgraduate - University of Huddersfieldwww.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/	15

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Huddersfield

Where this issue has occurred