B&Q Club | DIY at B&Q

Gardening | DIY at B&Q

Hammocks | Garden furniture | B&Q

Ponds & water features | Watering, hoses & ponds | B&Q

Outdoor play | Sport & leisure | B&Q

Playhouses | Outdoor play | B&Q

Sport & leisure | B&Q

DIY Supplies & Accessories | DIY at B&Q

Customer Support | B&Q

Outdoor Lighting | Garden Lights | DIY at B&Q

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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July 2025

Title / URL	Issues
B&Q Club \| DIY at B&Qwww.diy.com/bandqclub	1
Gardening \| DIY at B&Qwww.diy.com/landingpage/outdoor-garden/gardening	1
Hammocks \| Garden furniture \| B&Qwww.diy.com/outdoor-garden/garden-furniture/hammocks.cat	1
Ponds & water features \| Watering, hoses & ponds \| B&Qwww.diy.com/outdoor-garden/watering/ponds-water-features.cat	1
Outdoor play \| Sport & leisure \| B&Qwww.diy.com/sport-leisure/outdoor-play.cat	1
Playhouses \| Outdoor play \| B&Qwww.diy.com/sport-leisure/outdoor-play/playhouses.cat	1
Sport & leisure \| B&Qwww.diy.com/sport-leisure.cat	1
DIY Supplies & Accessories \| DIY at B&Qwww.diy.com/search-suggestions	1
Customer Support \| B&Qwww.diy.com/customer-support?icamp=Nav_HelpSupport	1
Outdoor Lighting \| Garden Lights \| DIY at B&Qwww.diy.com/departments/lighting/outdoor-lights/DIY579490.cat	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred