What does this mean?
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.
More helpUsually the best solution is to use a <label>
element. The label may be linked to
by the form control:
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
or the <label>
can be wrapped around the form control:
<label>
Full name <input type="name">
</label>
Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.
<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.
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.
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<input type="text" placeholder="Search" name="search" class="m-site_search__input">
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<button type="button" data-task="js-next_slide" class="m-banner__btn m-banner__btn--right">...</button>
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<button type="button" data-task="js-prev_slide" class="m-banner__btn m-banner__btn--left">...</button>
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<input class="selectric-input" tabindex="0">
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<select data-val="true" data-val-number="The field Updated must be a number." id="Updated" name="Updated" tabindex="0" style>...</select>
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<input id="Search" name="Search" placeholder="Search term" type="text" value>
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<input type="text" name="10441a98e07e4c01bda7a9dcd15da059">
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<select id="Category" name="Category" tabindex="0" style>...</select>
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<input class="m-login__input" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Email address field is required." id="ForgottenEmailAddress" name="ForgottenEmailAddress" placeholder="Email Address" type="text" value>
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<input type="text" name="b1d24361c4284b34bd7615badd10926c">
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