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Nous joindre | BMO Banque de Montréal

California Consumer Privacy Policy - BMO

Discover Our Student Banking Solutions - BMO Canada

Seniors Banking: Accounts, Credit Cards & Investments - BMO

Indigenous Banking Services & Special Offers - BMO Canada

404 | Error/Erreur

Bank Accounts: Open Bank Account Online - BMO Canada

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

February 2025

January 2025

Bank of Montreal

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Us - BMO Canadawww.bmo.com/main/contact-us/	31
Nous joindre \| BMO Banque de Montréalwww.bmo.com/principal/contactez-nous/	31
California Consumer Privacy Policy - BMOwww.bmo.com/en-us/main/about-us/privacy/ccpa-policy/	9
Discover Our Student Banking Solutions - BMO Canadawww.bmo.com/main/personal/students/?icid=tl-FEAT2953BRND4-AJBMOH28	8
Seniors Banking: Accounts, Credit Cards & Investments - BMOwww.bmo.com/main/personal/seniors-banking/?icid=US58746EDB-BMO049	7
Indigenous Banking Services & Special Offers - BMO Canadawww.bmo.com/main/personal/indigenous-banking/?icid=tl-FEAT2953BRND4-AJBMOH31	6
404 \| Error/Erreurwww.bmo.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Bank Accounts: Open Bank Account Online - BMO Canadawww.bmo.com/main/personal/bank-accounts/?icid=tl-FEAT2953BRND4-AJBMOH32	1
Bank Accounts: Open Bank Account Online - BMO Canadawww.bmo.com/main/personal/bank-accounts/?icid=tl-FEAT2953BRND4-AJBMOH33	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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