Accessibility at UNBC | UNBC

UNBC Alumni | UNBC

Privacy and Access | UNBC

UNBC Events | UNBC

University of Northern British Columbia - Homepage | UNBC

International students | UNBC

Academic Calendar | UNBC

UNBC Giving | UNBC

New Students | UNBC

Submit a website support request | UNBC

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

March 2026

February 2026

University of Northern British Columbia

Title / URL	Issues
Accessibility at UNBC \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/accessibility	10
UNBC Alumni \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/alumni	10
Privacy and Access \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/privacy-office	9
UNBC Events \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/events	9
University of Northern British Columbia - Homepage \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/	9
International students \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/international	9
Academic Calendar \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/calendar	9
UNBC Giving \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/giving	9
New Students \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/new-students	9
Submit a website support request \| UNBCwww.unbc.ca/web/website-support-request	9

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Northern British Columbia

Where this issue has occurred