Graduate Programs | Xavier University of Louisiana

About | Xavier University of Louisiana

Academics | Xavier University of Louisiana

Centennial | Xavier University of Louisiana

Center for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity | Xavier University of Louisiana

Faculty & Staff | Xavier University of Louisiana

Admission & Aid | Xavier University of Louisiana

The Full Story | Xavier University of Louisiana

Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) | Xavier University of Louisiana

Experience Xavier | Xavier University of Louisiana

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 2025

January 2025

Xavier University of Louisiana

Title / URL	Issues
Graduate Programs \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/graduateschool/index.html	6
About \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/about/index.html	5
Academics \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/academics/index.html	5
Centennial \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/about/centennial.html	5
Center for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/curgo/index.html	5
Faculty & Staff \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/faculty-staff/index.html	5
Admission & Aid \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/admissions/index.html	5
The Full Story \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/about/the-full-story.html	5
Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/build/index.html	4
Experience Xavier \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/expxula/index.html	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Xavier University of Louisiana

Where this issue has occurred