3M Careers & Employment | Where to Start | 3M US

Sustainability and ESG | Overview and Commitments | 3M

3M Labels | 3M United States

3M Medical | 3M United States

Manufacturing Industries & Product Expertise Areas | 3M

3M Science. Applied to Life. 3M United States

3M Lubricants | 3M United States

3M Electrical | 3M United States

All 3M Products | 3M United States

3M Insulation | 3M United States

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>
```

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Title / URL	Issues
3M Careers & Employment \| Where to Start \| 3M USwww.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/	1
Sustainability and ESG \| Overview and Commitments \| 3Mwww.3m.com/3M/en_US/sustainability-us/	1
3M Labels \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/labels/	1
3M Medical \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/medical/	1
Manufacturing Industries & Product Expertise Areas \| 3Mwww.3m.com/3M/en_US/manufacturing-us/	1
3M Science. Applied to Life. 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/	1
3M Lubricants \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/lubricants/	1
3M Electrical \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/electrical/	1
All 3M Products \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/	1
3M Insulation \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/insulation/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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