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 class="with-btn" type="text" id="searchbar-input" area-label="Search Cranfield" placeholder="Search Cranfield">
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101 | |
<input name="Keyword" type="text" placeholder="Enter search term" value onchange="searchFilter.checkTerm(this.value)">
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89 | |
<input class="with-btn" type="text" id="searchbar-input" area-label="Search School of Management" placeholder="Search School of Management">
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24 | |
<input type="text" placeholder="End date" class="datepicker hasDatepicker" name="EndDate" id="txtEndDate">
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5 | |
<input type="text" placeholder="Start date" class="datepicker hasDatepicker" name="StartDate" id="txtStartDate">
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5 | |
<input class="with-btn" type="text" name area-label="Enter keywords" placeholder="Enter keywords" id="cfKeywords" onkeyup="courseSearch.onKeyUp(event, searchUrl);">
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1 | |
<input class="with-btn" name="query" type="search" id="searchbar-input" placeholder="Search Cranfield">
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1 | |
<select class="select theme-filter">...</select>
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1 | |
<input type="text" name="query" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Search by name" required>
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1 |