Austin | TX | AIMC

Current Students | AIMC

Berkeley | CA | AIMC

Career Opportunities (List) | AIMC

Doctoral Program | AIMC

Masters Program | AIMC

Our Community | AIMC

Home | AIMC

ADA + Accessiblity | AIMC

Advising + Registration | AIMC

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

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Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College

Title / URL	Issues
Austin \| TX \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/austin	4
Current Students \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/students	4
Berkeley \| CA \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/berkeley	4
Career Opportunities (List) \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/career	2
Doctoral Program \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/doctoral	2
Masters Program \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/masters	2
Our Community \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/community	1
Home \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/	1
ADA + Accessiblity \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/access	1
Advising + Registration \| AIMCwww.aimc.edu/advising	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College

Where this issue has occurred