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About the UTC Library | UTC Library

Student Resources | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Library Hours | UTC Library

Error 404 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Admissions and Aid | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Alumni and Friends | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Newsroom | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Library Events | UTC Library

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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.utc.edu/	2
	UTC Library \| UTC Librarywww.utc.edu/library	1
	About the UTC Library \| UTC Librarywww.utc.edu/library/about	1
	Student Resources \| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogawww.utc.edu/about/student-resources	1
	Library Hours \| UTC Librarywww.utc.edu/library/about/hours	1
	Error 404 \| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogawww.utc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Admissions and Aid \| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogawww.utc.edu/about/admissions	1
	Alumni and Friends \| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogawww.utc.edu/about/alumni-and-friends	1
	Newsroom \| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogawww.utc.edu/newsroom	1
	Library Events \| UTC Librarywww.utc.edu/library/about/events	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Where this issue has occurred