Our Facilities - University of Wolverhampton

BSc (Hons) Architectural Design Technology with Foundation Year - University of Wolverhampton

IT Services - University of Wolverhampton

Open Day - University of Wolverhampton

BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year - University of Wolverhampton

Research Services - University of Wolverhampton

Skills for learning - University of Wolverhampton

Subject Resources - University of Wolverhampton

Governance - University of Wolverhampton

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

June 2025

May 2025

University of Wolverhampton

	Title / URL	Issues
	Our Facilities - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/university-life/our-facilities/	2
	BSc (Hons) Architectural Design Technology with Foundation Year - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/bsc-hons-architectural-design-technology-with-foundation-year/	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
	BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/bsc-hons-accounting-and-finance-with-foundation-year/	2
	Research Services - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-services/	2
	Skills for learning - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/lib/skills-for-learning/	2
	Subject Resources - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/lib/resources/	2
	Governance - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/governance/	2
	Services - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/staff/services/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Wolverhampton

Where this issue has occurred