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Make a Public Records Request | Barnstable County

Town Websites - Barnstable County

Dredge Program - Barnstable County

Purchasing | Barnstable County, Cape Cod

Contact - Barnstable County

Human Services - Barnstable County

Courts - Barnstable County

Health and Environment - Barnstable County

Accessibility Statement - Barnstable County

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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May 2025

Barnstable County, Massachusetts

	Title / URL	Issues
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.capecod.gov/	2
	Make a Public Records Request \| Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/public-record-guidelines/	1
	Town Websites - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/county-government/town-websites/	1
	Dredge Program - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/departments/dredge-program/	1
	Purchasing \| Barnstable County, Cape Codbarnstablecounty.org/purchasing/	1
	Contact - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/contact/	1
	Human Services - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/departments/human-services/	1
	Courts - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/county-government/courts/	1
	Health and Environment - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/departments/health-environment/	1
	Accessibility Statement - Barnstable Countybarnstablecounty.org/accessibility-statement/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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