Information for faculty and staff | Augustana College

Information for students | Augustana College

Take a virtual tour of Augustana! | Augustana College

Music at Augustana | Augustana College

Alumni and friends | Augustana College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Augustana College Privacy Statement | Augustana College

Rankings and recognition | Augustana College

Admissions Home | Augustana College

The Arts at Augustana | Augustana College

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
Information for faculty and staff \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/information-faculty-and-staff	3
Information for students \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/information-students	3
Take a virtual tour of Augustana! \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/virtual-tour	2
Music at Augustana \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/arts/music	2
Alumni and friends \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/alumni	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingaugustana.edu/	2
Augustana College Privacy Statement \| Augustana Collegewww.augustana.edu/privacy	2
Rankings and recognition \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/about-us/rankings	2
Admissions Home \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/admissions	2
The Arts at Augustana \| Augustana Collegeaugustana.edu/arts	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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