Business - Basildon

'The Place', multi-purpose leisure centre in Pitsea - Basildon

Working for Basildon Council - Basildon

I am a shared owner - Basildon

Your Data Matters - Basildon

Council finances - Basildon

Privacy Notice - Business Rates - Basildon

National fraud initiative - Basildon

Promotional pitches for hire in Basildon Town Centre - Basildon

Road closure application for street parties or large public events - Basildon

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

Basildon Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Business - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/business	1
'The Place', multi-purpose leisure centre in Pitsea - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/theplace	1
Working for Basildon Council - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/recruitment	1
I am a shared owner - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/article/7486/I-am-a-shared-owner	1
Your Data Matters - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/article/8968/Your-Data-Matters	1
Council finances - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/article/4640/Council-finances	1
Privacy Notice - Business Rates - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/privacy-business-rates	1
National fraud initiative - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/nfi	1
Promotional pitches for hire in Basildon Town Centre - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/towncentre	1
Road closure application for street parties or large public events - Basildonwww.basildon.gov.uk/street_party_and_road_closure_applications	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Basildon Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred