Arhag | Residents' Handbook

Arhag | Your Home

Arhag | Get Involved

Arhag | Leaseholders

Arhag | Gas Safety

Arhag | Building & Fire Safety

Arhag | How We Work

Arhag | Damp and Mould

Arhag | Asbestos

Arhag | Publications

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

August 2025

July 2025

Arhag Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Arhag \| Residents' Handbookwww.arhag.co.uk/resident-services/residents-handbook	3
Arhag \| Your Homewww.arhag.co.uk/resident-services/your-home	3
Arhag \| Get Involvedwww.arhag.co.uk/resident-services/get-involved	3
Arhag \| Leaseholderswww.arhag.co.uk/resident-services/leaseholders	3
Arhag \| Gas Safetywww.arhag.co.uk/repair-services/gas-safety	1
Arhag \| Building & Fire Safetywww.arhag.co.uk/repair-services/building-fire-safety	1
Arhag \| How We Workwww.arhag.co.uk/about-arhag/how-we-work	1
Arhag \| Damp and Mouldwww.arhag.co.uk/repair-services/damp-and-mould	1
Arhag \| Asbestoswww.arhag.co.uk/repair-services/asbestos	1
Arhag \| Publicationswww.arhag.co.uk/about-arhag/publications	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Arhag Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred