Privacy Policy | Alleghany County, Virginia

Zoning and Planning | Alleghany County, Virginia

Code Compliance | Alleghany County, Virginia

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Flood Information | Alleghany County, Virginia

Refuse Collection | Alleghany County, Virginia

Public Works – (540) 863-6650 | Alleghany County, Virginia

GIS Data | Alleghany County, Virginia

Agendas | Alleghany County, Virginia

Minutes | Alleghany County, Virginia

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

May 2025

April 2025

Alleghany County, Virginia

Title / URL	Issues
Privacy Policy \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/privacy-policy/	4
Zoning and Planning \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/public-works/zoning-and-planning/	4
Code Compliance \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/public-works/code-compliance/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.co.alleghany.va.us/	4
Flood Information \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/public-works/flood-information/	4
Refuse Collection \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/public-works/refuse-collection/	4
Public Works – (540) 863-6650 \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/public-works/	4
GIS Data \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/gis-data/	4
Agendas \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/board-of-supervisors/agendas/	4
Minutes \| Alleghany County, Virginiawww.co.alleghany.va.us/board-of-supervisors/minutes/	4

Ensure form controls have labels

Alleghany County, Virginia

Where this issue has occurred