MPhil Business - University of Wolverhampton

Our Facilities - University of Wolverhampton

MSc Business Analytics - University of Wolverhampton

HNC Architectural Studies - University of Wolverhampton

Cyber Security Postgraduate degrees - University of Wolverhampton

MSc Artificial Intelligence - University of Wolverhampton

Legal information - University of Wolverhampton

IT Services - University of Wolverhampton

Open Day - University of Wolverhampton

Research Services - University of Wolverhampton

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

February 2026

January 2026

University of Wolverhampton

Title / URL	Issues
MPhil Business - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/mphil-business/	2
Our Facilities - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/university-life/our-facilities/	2
MSc Business Analytics - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/msc-business-analytics/	2
HNC Architectural Studies - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/hnc-architectural-studies/	2
Cyber Security Postgraduate degrees - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/cyber-security/	2
MSc Artificial Intelligence - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/msc-artificial-intelligence/	2
Legal information - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/governance/legal-information/	2
IT Services - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/its/	2
Open Day - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/news-and-events/open-day/	2
Research Services - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-services/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Wolverhampton

Where this issue has occurred