General Needs Homes

Need Help Now

Sapphire is a growing and developing association responding to the changing needs of affordable housing

Report Repair

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Contact Sapphire

Sapphire Residents

Refund Policy

Our Homes and Services

Governance

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

Sapphire Independent Housing Limited

Title / URL	Issues
General Needs Homeswww.sih.org/our-homes/general-needs-homes/	4
Need Help Nowwww.sih.org/residents-section/need-help-now/	1
Sapphire is a growing and developing association responding to the changing needs of affordable housingwww.sih.org/about-us/history/	1
Report Repairwww.sih.org/residents-section/report-repair/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.sih.org/	1
Contact Sapphirewww.sih.org/contact-us/	1
Sapphire Residentswww.sih.org/residents-section/	1
Refund Policywww.sih.org/residents-section/refund-policy/	1
Our Homes and Serviceswww.sih.org/our-homes/	1
Governancewww.sih.org/about-us/governance/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Sapphire Independent Housing Limited

Where this issue has occurred