Quick Links | The University of New Orleans

Department of Public Safety | The University of New Orleans

Faculty & Staff Research | The University of New Orleans

Office of Admissions | The University of New Orleans

School of Interdisciplinary Studies | The University of New Orleans

Graduate School | Graduate Degree Programs | The University of New Orleans

College of Sciences | The University of New Orleans

Service Learning at UNO | The University of New Orleans

Office of Research | The University of New Orleans

Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering | The University of New Orleans

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 2025

December 2024

University of New Orleans

Title / URL	Issues
Quick Links \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/quick	4
Department of Public Safety \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/upd	4
Faculty & Staff Research \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/research/funding	4
Office of Admissions \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/admissions	4
School of Interdisciplinary Studies \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/academics/sois	4
Graduate School \| Graduate Degree Programs \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/academics/grad	4
College of Sciences \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/academics/cos	4
Service Learning at UNO \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/service-learning	4
Office of Research \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/research/office	4
Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering \| The University of New Orleanswww.uno.edu/academics/coe	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of New Orleans

Where this issue has occurred