University of Northampton | UON

Advanced Dementia Care CPD | University of Northampton

Undergraduate | University of Northampton

Partners | University of Northampton

Supporting You | University of Northampton

Contact the International Office | University of Northampton

Explore Our Campus | University of Northampton

Student recruitment | University of Northampton

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice | University of Northampton

Community | University of Northampton

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

February 2026

January 2026

University of Northampton

Title / URL	Issues
University of Northampton \| UONwww.northampton.ac.uk/	1
Advanced Dementia Care CPD \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/courses/advanced-dementia-care/	1
Undergraduate \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/undergraduate/	1
Partners \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/community/partners/	1
Supporting You \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/student-life/support/	1
Contact the International Office \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/international/contact-us/	1
Explore Our Campus \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/community/explore-our-campus/	1
Student recruitment \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/event-category/student-recruitment/	1
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/courses/advanced-clinical-practice-msc/	1
Community \| University of Northamptonwww.northampton.ac.uk/community/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Northampton

Where this issue has occurred