Majors, Minors & Programs | York College of Pennsylvania

York College News | York College of Pennsylvania

Page not found | York College of Pennsylvania

First time visit: View without clicking anything

About Us | York College of Pennsylvania

Privacy Statement | York College of Pennsylvania

Student Life | York College of Pennsylvania

Advancement | York College of Pennsylvania

Honors Program | York College of Pennsylvania

Generation Next | York College of Pennsylvania

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

December 2025

November 2025

York College of Pennsylvania

Title / URL	Issues
Majors, Minors & Programs \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/academics/programs	6
York College News \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/news	6
Page not found \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	5
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ycp.edu/	5
About Us \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/about	5
Privacy Statement \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/privacy-statement	5
Student Life \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/student-life	5
Advancement \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/offices-departments/advancement	5
Honors Program \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/academics/honors-program	5
Generation Next \| York College of Pennsylvaniawww.ycp.edu/academics/gen-next	5

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

York College of Pennsylvania

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