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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 New South Wales (UNSW)

	Title / URL	Issues
	Law & Justice \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/law-justice	6
	Short Courses \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/study/short-courses	5
	Accommodation - UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/accommodation	3
	Business School \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/business	3
	Medicine & Health \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/medicine-health	3
	Apply to UNSW online \| How to apply \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/study/how-to-apply	3
	Help centre \| Ask a question \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/study/help	3
	Engineering \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/engineering	3
	Study in Australia \| UNSW Sydneywww.unsw.edu.au/study	2
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.unsw.edu.au/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Where this issue has occurred