Book a Library space | University of Salford

ORCID | University of Salford

Careers | University of Salford

USIR - University of Salford Institutional Repository | University of Salford

Our Facilities | University of Salford

Undergraduate | University of Salford

News | University of Salford

Funder open access requirements | University of Salford

Printing | University of Salford

Borrow books and resources | University of Salford

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

August 2025

July 2025

University of Salford Manchester

Title / URL	Issues
Book a Library space \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/know-how/book-a-library-space	3
ORCID \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/open-research/orcid	3
Careers \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/careers	3
USIR - University of Salford Institutional Repository \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/open-research/usir-university-of-salford-institutional-repository	3
Our Facilities \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/our-facilities	3
Undergraduate \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/undergraduate	3
News \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/news?page=1	3
Funder open access requirements \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/open-research/open-access/funder-open-access-requirements	3
Printing \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/know-how/printing	3
Borrow books and resources \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/know-how/your-library-account/borrow-books-and-resources	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Salford Manchester

Where this issue has occurred