Southampton University Corporate Civil Engineering Scholarship Scheme | University of Southampton

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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

June 2025

May 2025

University of Southampton

Title / URL	Issues
Southampton University Corporate Civil Engineering Scholarship Scheme \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/scholarships/corporate-civil-engineering-scholarship	7
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.southampton.ac.uk/	6
Homepage \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/	6
Pre-sessional English courses \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/study/pre-sessional	6
Research at the University of Southampton \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/research	4
Postgraduate Degree Study \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught	3
Student life \| University life \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/student-life	3
Undergraduate Degree Courses \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/study/undergraduate	3
Study at University \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/study	2
Pre-sessional assessment \| University of Southamptonwww.southampton.ac.uk/study/pre-sessional/assessment	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Southampton

Where this issue has occurred