Office of the Registrar | WLC

Residence Life | WLC

About WLC

National Rankings

Marvin M Schwan Library | WLC

Transfer Student Admissions | WLC

Academic Calendar | WLC

Campus Map and Directions

WLC Leadership

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

Wisconsin Lutheran College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Office of the Registrar \| WLCwww.wlc.edu/academics/registrar.html	8
	Residence Life \| WLCwww.wlc.edu/life-at-wlc/residence-life.html	6
	About WLCwww.wlc.edu/about-wlc/index.html	6
	National Rankingswww.wlc.edu/about-wlc/rankings.html	5
	Marvin M Schwan Library \| WLCwww.wlc.edu/academics/library.html	3
	Transfer Student Admissions \| WLCwww.wlc.edu/admissions/transfer/index.html	3
	Academic Calendar \| WLCwww.wlc.edu/academics/academic-calendar.html	2
	Campus Map and Directionswww.wlc.edu/about-wlc/directions-map.html	2
	WLC Leadershipwww.wlc.edu/about-wlc/leadership/index.html	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Where this issue has occurred