Fine Arts | Austin ISD

Austin ISD Prop A Ballot Initiative | Austin ISD

Board of Trustees | Austin ISD

Austin ISD Police Department | Austin ISD

Staff Directory | Austin ISD

About Our Schools | Austin ISD

Austin ISD Plans | Austin ISD

Office of Innovation and Development | Austin ISD

Talent Strategy | Austin ISD

Office of School Leadership | Austin ISD

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

March 2026

February 2026

Austin ISD

Title / URL	Issues
Fine Arts \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/arts	4
Austin ISD Prop A Ballot Initiative \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/propa	2
Board of Trustees \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/board	2
Austin ISD Police Department \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/police	1
Staff Directory \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/directory	1
About Our Schools \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/schools	1
Austin ISD Plans \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/plans	1
Office of Innovation and Development \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/oid	1
Talent Strategy \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/hc	1
Office of School Leadership \| Austin ISDwww.austinisd.org/osl	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Austin ISD

Where this issue has occurred