STEM Hub | Whitman College

Academics | Whitman College

Whitman College

Technology Services | Whitman College

Parents & Families | Whitman College

Counseling Center | Whitman College

Campus Map | Whitman College

Off-Campus Studies | Whitman College

Contact Us & Building Hours | Whitman College

Sorry, page not found | Whitman College

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 2024

May 2024

Title / URL	Issues
STEM Hub \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/academics/stem-hub	1
Academics \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/academics	1
Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/	1
Technology Services \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/technology-services	1
Parents & Families \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/parents-and-families	1
Counseling Center \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/counseling-center	1
Campus Map \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/campus-map	1
Off-Campus Studies \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/off-campus-studies	1
Contact Us & Building Hours \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/about/contact-us	1
Sorry, page not found \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Whitman College

Where this issue has occurred