University of Wolverhampton

Microsoft 365 - University of Wolverhampton

IT Account Password - University of Wolverhampton

Academics - University of Wolverhampton

Our Facilities - University of Wolverhampton

Information Security - University of Wolverhampton

Cyber Security Postgraduate degrees - University of Wolverhampton

MFA - University of Wolverhampton

IT Services - University of Wolverhampton

Open Day - 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

November 2025

October 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/clearing/	10
	Microsoft 365 - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/its/microsoft-365/	2
	IT Account Password - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/its/self-help/it-account-password/	2
	Academics - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/lib/academics/	2
	Our Facilities - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/university-life/our-facilities/	2
	Information Security - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/its/information-security/	2
	Cyber Security Postgraduate degrees - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/cyber-security/	2
	MFA - University of Wolverhamptonwww.wlv.ac.uk/its/essentials/mfa/	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

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Wolverhampton

Where this issue has occurred