Report a missing pet - Ballina Shire Council

Calculate your rates | Ballina Shire Council

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On-Site Sewage Management | Ballina Shire Council

Backflow prevention | Ballina Shire Council

Water billing | Ballina Shire Council

Waste education programs | Ballina Shire Council

Agendas and Minutes | Ballina Shire Council

Dog and Cat ownership | Ballina Shire Council

Council Pound | Ballina Shire 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

June 2024

May 2024

Ballina Shire Council

Title / URL	Issues
Report a missing pet - Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/lost-and-found-animals.asp	15
Calculate your rates \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/calculate-your-rates	3
First time visit: View without clicking anythingballina.nsw.gov.au/	1
On-Site Sewage Management \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/on-site-sewage-management	1
Backflow prevention \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/backflow-prevention	1
Water billing \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/water-billing	1
Waste education programs \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?c=756	1
Agendas and Minutes \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/agendas-and-minutes	1
Dog and Cat ownership \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/dog-and-cat-ownership	1
Council Pound \| Ballina Shire Councilballina.nsw.gov.au/council-pound	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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