bluenotes | ANZ

Security hub | ANZ

Learn | ANZ

Home loans, calculators, interest rates & offers | ANZ

Ways to bank | ANZ

Financial hardship assistance | ANZ

Superannuation and retirement | ANZ

ANZ Commercial Broker | Fast business lending solutions | ANZ

Personal loans | Borrow up to $75,000 | ANZ

Bank accounts – everyday transaction, savings and term deposits | ANZ

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

January 2026

December 2025

ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)

Title / URL	Issues
bluenotes \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/bluenotes/	3
Security hub \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/security/	3
Learn \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/learn/	2
Home loans, calculators, interest rates & offers \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/personal/home-loans/	2
Ways to bank \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/ways-to-bank/	2
Financial hardship assistance \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/support/services/financial-hardship/	2
Superannuation and retirement \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/personal/superannuation/	2
ANZ Commercial Broker \| Fast business lending solutions \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/business/commercial-broker/	2
Personal loans \| Borrow up to $75,000 \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/personal/personal-loans/	2
Bank accounts – everyday transaction, savings and term deposits \| ANZwww.anz.com.au/personal/bank-accounts/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred