SWIM Report – Barcaldine Regional Council

Budget – Barcaldine Regional Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Disclosure Log – Barcaldine Regional Council

Libraries – Barcaldine Regional Council

Living Here – Barcaldine Regional Council

Local Laws – Barcaldine Regional Council

Our Council – Barcaldine Regional Council

Careers – Barcaldine Regional Council

Policies – Barcaldine Regional 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

February 2025

January 2025

Barcaldine Regional Council

Title / URL	Issues
SWIM Report – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/swim-report	6
Budget – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/budget-report	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/	6
Disclosure Log – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/disclosure-log	6
Libraries – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/libraries	6
Living Here – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/living	6
Local Laws – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/local-laws	6
Our Council – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/our-council	6
Careers – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/careers	6
Policies – Barcaldine Regional Councilwww.barcaldinerc.qld.gov.au/policies	6

Ensure form controls have labels

Barcaldine Regional Council

Where this issue has occurred