Accreditations | York College of PA

SAC | York College of PA

York at at Glance | York College PA

Mission and Vision | York College of PA

Offices and Departments | York College of PA

Staff | Alumni Relations | York College of PA

Online Bookstore | York College of PA

Business Office | York College of PA

Inclusivity | York College of PA

About Us | York College of PA

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

York College of Pennsylvania

Title / URL	Issues
Accreditations \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/accreditations/	2
SAC \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/offices-and-departments/alumni-relations/sac/	2
York at at Glance \| York College PAycp.edu/about-us/york-at-a-glance/	2
Mission and Vision \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/mission-and-vision/	2
Offices and Departments \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/offices-and-departments/	2
Staff \| Alumni Relations \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/offices-and-departments/alumni-relations/staff/	2
Online Bookstore \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/offices-and-departments/bookstore/	2
Business Office \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/offices-and-departments/business-office/	2
Inclusivity \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/inclusivity/	2
About Us \| York College of PAycp.edu/about-us/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

York College of Pennsylvania

Where this issue has occurred