Garden Street | York St John University

English Literature | York St John University

Design | York St John University

Journalism | York St John University

Midwifery | York St John University

Funding opportunities | York St John University

Sign up | York St John University

British Sign Language | York St John University

Music BA (Hons) | York St John University

Limes Court | York St John University

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

August 2025

July 2025

York St John University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Garden Street \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/study/accommodation/garden-street/	8
	English Literature \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/english-literature/	8
	Design \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/design/	8
	Journalism \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/journalism/	8
	Midwifery \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/midwifery/	8
	Funding opportunities \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/funding-opportunities/	8
	Sign up \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/sign-up/	8
	British Sign Language \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/british-sign-language/	4
	Music BA (Hons) \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/music/music-ba-hons/	4
	Limes Court \| York St John Universitywww.yorksj.ac.uk/study/accommodation/limes-court/	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

York St John University

Where this issue has occurred