Home loan guides | Bankwest

Support articles | Bankwest

Rewards credit card | More Mastercard | Bankwest

Home loans: compare rates & calculate repayments | Bankwest

Home loans, Bank accounts, Credit cards | Bankwest

Explore the new Bankwest App | Bankwest

Variable rate home loans | Bankwest

Find your nearest ATM or Bank@Post location | Bankwest

No annual fee credit card | Zero Mastercard | Bankwest

Savings accounts: compare interest rates | Bankwest

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

January 2026

December 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Home loan guides \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/guides/home-loans	4
Support articles \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/support	4
Rewards credit card \| More Mastercard \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/credit-cards/rewards	4
Home loans: compare rates & calculate repayments \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/home-loans	4
Home loans, Bank accounts, Credit cards \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/	2
Explore the new Bankwest App \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/new-app	2
Variable rate home loans \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/home-loans/variable-rate	2
Find your nearest ATM or Bank@Post location \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/contact-us/cash-cheques	2
No annual fee credit card \| Zero Mastercard \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/credit-cards/no-annual-fee	2
Savings accounts: compare interest rates \| Bankwestwww.bankwest.com.au/savings-accounts	1

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