Planning & Development – Bulloo Shire Council

Homepage – Bulloo Shire Council

Local Laws – Bulloo Shire Council

Procurement & Contracts – Bulloo Shire Council

Leisure – Bulloo Shire Council

Contact us – Bulloo Shire Council

Parks & Gardens – Bulloo Shire Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Council Forms – Bulloo Shire Council

Roads & Traffic – Bulloo Shire 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

June 2024

May 2024

Bulloo Shire Council

Title / URL	Issues
Planning & Development – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/planning-development/home	3
Homepage – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/	3
Local Laws – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/local-laws/local-laws-1	3
Procurement & Contracts – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/tenders/procurement-contracts	3
Leisure – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/our-community/leisure	3
Contact us – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/about-council/contact-us	3
Parks & Gardens – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/our-community/parks-gardens	3
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/	3
Council Forms – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-forms	3
Roads & Traffic – Bulloo Shire Councilwww.bulloo.qld.gov.au/our-community/roads-traffic	3

Ensure form controls have labels

Bulloo Shire Council

Where this issue has occurred