What's on | Sport | University of Nottingham

Pay as You Go | Sport | University of Nottingham

Get help

Our campaigns | Sport | University of Nottingham

News | Sport | University of Nottingham

Support us

Homepage | Sport | University of Nottingham

uonsport.tv | Sport | University of Nottingham

Get Active | Sport | University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

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

December 2025

November 2025

Title / URL	Issues
What's on \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/whats-on/whats-on.aspx	3
Pay as You Go \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/membership/pay-as-you-go.aspx	3
Get helpwww.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/help/index.aspx	3
Our campaigns \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/get-active/our-campaigns/our-campaigns.aspx	3
News \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/news/news.aspx	3
Support uswww.nottingham.ac.uk/alumni/support-us/support-us.aspx	3
Homepage \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/sport.aspx	3
uonsport.tv \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/live/	3
Get Active \| Sport \| University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/get-active/get-active.aspx	3
University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Nottingham

Where this issue has occurred