Our campuses | University of Tasmania

Postgraduate courses | University of Tasmania

Cradle Coast campuses | University of Tasmania

Information for parents and carers | Study with us | University of Tasmania

International students | Study at the University of Tasmania

Undergraduate courses | University of Tasmania

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Online courses | University of Tasmania

Our accommodation | University of Tasmania

Hobart campuses | University of Tasmania

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 2026

December 2025

University of Tasmania

Title / URL	Issues
Our campuses \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/about/campuses	25
Postgraduate courses \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/study/postgraduate	25
Cradle Coast campuses \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/about/campuses/cradle-coast	25
Information for parents and carers \| Study with us \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/study/parents-and-carers	25
International students \| Study at the University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/study/international	25
Undergraduate courses \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/study/undergraduate	25
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.utas.edu.au/	25
Online courses \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/study/online	25
Our accommodation \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/uni-life/accommodation	25
Hobart campuses \| University of Tasmaniawww.utas.edu.au/about/campuses/hobart	25

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Tasmania

Where this issue has occurred