Administrative and Business Offices | University of Pittsburgh

Privacy Policy | University of Pittsburgh

Promoting Accountability and Trust | University of Pittsburgh

Consumer Information | University of Pittsburgh

Page Not Found | University of Pittsburgh

Regional Campuses | University of Pittsburgh

History and Achievements | University of Pittsburgh

Contact | University of Pittsburgh

Admissions | University of Pittsburgh

About | University of Pittsburgh

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 Pittsburgh

Title / URL	Issues
Administrative and Business Offices \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/administration	5
Privacy Policy \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/privacy-policy	5
Promoting Accountability and Trust \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/accountability	5
Consumer Information \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/general-info	5
Page Not Found \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	5
Regional Campuses \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/regional-campuses	5
History and Achievements \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/history-and-achievements	5
Contact \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/contact	5
Admissions \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/admissions	4
About \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Pittsburgh

Where this issue has occurred