Retirement Living | Black Country Housing Group

Black Country Housing Group | Black Country Housing Group

BCHG Blog | Black Country Housing Group

Our Board | Black Country Housing Group

Report a repair | Black Country Housing Group

2025 | Black Country Housing Group

Sitemap | Black Country Housing Group

Customer Voice | Black Country Housing Group

The Executive Team | Black Country Housing Group

404 | Black Country Housing Group

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

August 2025

July 2025

Black Country Housing Group Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Retirement Living \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/our-properties/retirement-living/	1
	Black Country Housing Group \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/	1
	BCHG Blog \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/about-us/bchg-blog/	1
	Our Board \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/about-us/our-board/	1
	Report a repair \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/report-a-repair/	1
	2025 \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/about-us/bchg-blog/2025/	1
	Sitemap \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/sitemap/	1
	Customer Voice \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/about-us/customer-voice/	1
	The Executive Team \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/about-us/the-executive-team/	1
	404 \| Black Country Housing Groupwww.bchg.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Black Country Housing Group Limited

Where this issue has occurred