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Dog breeding | Arun District Council

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Local government transparency code | Arun District Council

Our beaches | Arun District Council

Elections | Arun District Council

Equality and diversity | Arun District Council

Housing fraud | Arun District Council

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

September 2025

August 2025

Arun District Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Privacy policy \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/privacy-policy	1
	Dog breeding \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/dog-breeding	1
	Our values \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/our-values	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.arun.gov.uk/	1
	Council vision and performance \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/councilvision	1
	Local government transparency code \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/transparency	1
	Our beaches \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/our-beaches	1
	Elections \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/elections	1
	Equality and diversity \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/equality	1
	Housing fraud \| Arun District Councilwww.arun.gov.uk/housing-fraud	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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