Governance | Atlantic School of Theology

Chapel | Atlantic School of Theology

Salary Information | Atlantic School of Theology

Copyright and AST Chapel Worship | Atlantic School of Theology

AST's Founders | Atlantic School of Theology

Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

OH&S Committee | Atlantic School of Theology

Page Not Found | AST: Atlantic School of Theology

Flahiff | Atlantic School of Theology

COVID-19 | Atlantic School of Theology

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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	Title / URL	Issues
	Governance \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/about/governance.html	1
	Chapel \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/rental/chapel/index.html	1
	Salary Information \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/about/salary_info.html	1
	Copyright and AST Chapel Worship \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/worship/copyright.html	1
	AST's Founders \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/about/founders.html	1
	Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadawww.astheology.ns.ca/home/welcome.html	1
	OH&S Committee \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/about/ohs.html	1
	Page Not Found \| AST: Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Flahiff \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/rental/flahiff/index.html	1
	COVID-19 \| Atlantic School of Theologywww.astheology.ns.ca/home/covid-19/index.html	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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