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" class="_1IeVL blog-desktop-header-search-text-color blog-desktop-header-search-font search-input__input" value placeholder="Search">
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<div data-hook="imageViewer" class="_2o-_D image-container LPH2h" role="button" tabindex="0">...</div>
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<input type="text" style="padding-left:12px" name="name" value placeholder="Name" maxlength="100" class="has-custom-focus style-jx4no9sginput" id="comp-jx4no9s1input">
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<input type="checkbox" data-hook="required-field" class="captcha3860070219__requiredField" required>
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<textarea style="padding-left:12px;padding-right:10px" placeholder="Message" class="has-custom-focus style-jx4no9uk1textarea" id="comp-jx4no9u0textarea"></textarea>
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<input type="text" style="padding-left:12px" name="subject" value placeholder="Subject" class="has-custom-focus style-jx4no9sginput" id="comp-jx4no9tiinput">
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<input type="email" style="padding-left:12px" name="email" value required placeholder="Email" maxlength="250" class="has-custom-focus style-jx4no9sginput" id="comp-jx4no9t7input">
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