Broadridge - Consumer Industries

Broadridge - Wealth Management

Broadridge - Asset Management

Broadridge - Issuers

Broadridge - Capital Markets

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Broadridge - Connectivity

Broadridge - Wealth Operations

Broadridge - Asset Servicing

Broadridge - Corporate Bond Trading Venue

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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	Title / URL	Issues
	Broadridge - Consumer Industrieswww.broadridge.com/who-we-serve/consumer-industries	4
	Broadridge - Wealth Managementwww.broadridge.com/who-we-serve/wealth-management	2
	Broadridge - Asset Managementwww.broadridge.com/who-we-serve/asset-management	2
	Broadridge - Issuerswww.broadridge.com/who-we-serve/issuers	2
	Broadridge - Capital Marketswww.broadridge.com/who-we-serve/capital-markets	2
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.broadridge.com/	1
	Broadridge - Connectivitywww.broadridge.com/capability/front-office-solutions/connectivity/	1
	Broadridge - Wealth Operationswww.broadridge.com/capability/middle-and-back-office-solutions/wealth-operations/	1
	Broadridge - Asset Servicingwww.broadridge.com/capability/middle-and-back-office-solutions/asset-servicing/	1
	Broadridge - Corporate Bond Trading Venuewww.broadridge.com/capability/front-office-solutions/corporate-bond-trading-venue	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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