Career and Professional Success | University of New Hampshire

Calendars & Events | University of New Hampshire

Health & Wellness | University of New Hampshire

Embrace NH | University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire | University of New Hampshire

Housing & Residential Life | University of New Hampshire

Research | University of New Hampshire

Athletics | University of New Hampshire

Academics | University of New Hampshire

Memorial Union & Student Activities | University of New Hampshire

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

January 2026

December 2025

University of New Hampshire

Title / URL	Issues
Career and Professional Success \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/career/	5
Calendars & Events \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/about/calendars-events	5
Health & Wellness \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/health/	5
Embrace NH \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/nh/	5
University of New Hampshire \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/	5
Housing & Residential Life \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/housing/	5
Research \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/research-at-unh	5
Athletics \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/athletics	5
Academics \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/academics	5
Memorial Union & Student Activities \| University of New Hampshirewww.unh.edu/mub/	5

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of New Hampshire

Where this issue has occurred