School transport | Gloucestershire County Council

Register

Education and learning | Gloucestershire County Council

Bibury Shuttle Bus | Gloucestershire County Council

Corporate Strategy 2025–2029: A stronger future, built together | Gloucestershire County Council

Report hate crime in Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire County Council

Levelling Up Together | Gloucestershire County Council

Search | Gloucestershire County Council

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

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	Title / URL	Issues
	School transport \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/transport/school-transport/	7
	Registergloucestershire.gov.uk/register/	7
	Education and learning \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/	7
	Bibury Shuttle Bus \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/transport/bibury-shuttle-bus/	7
	Corporate Strategy 2025–2029: A stronger future, built together \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/gloucestershire-county-council-corporate-strategy-2025-2029-a-stronger-future-built-together/	7
	Report hate crime in Gloucestershire \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/your-community/report-hate-crime-in-gloucestershire/	7
	Levelling Up Together \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/your-community/levelling-up-together/	7
	Search \| Gloucestershire County Councilgloucestershire.gov.uk/search/?pageNumber=1&dateFilterType=1	6

Ensure form controls have labels

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