Find Your Program | University of the Cumberlands

Registrar | University of the Cumberlands

Campus Guide | University of the Cumberlands

Commencement | University of the Cumberlands

Support Cumberlands | University of the Cumberlands

COVID-19 Information | University of the Cumberlands

Current Students | University of the Cumberlands

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 the Cumberlands

Title / URL	Issues
Find Your Program \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/academics/certificate	6
Registrar \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/academics/registrar	6
Find Your Program \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/academics/undergraduate	6
Campus Guide \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/student-life/campus-guide	6
Find Your Program \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/academics/graduate	6
Commencement \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/academics/commencement	6
Find Your Program \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/academics/executive	6
Support Cumberlands \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/support-cumberlands	5
COVID-19 Information \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/about/covid-19-information	5
Current Students \| University of the Cumberlandswww.ucumberlands.edu/current-students	5

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of the Cumberlands

Where this issue has occurred