Annual Reports – Burdekin Shire Council

Employment with Council – Burdekin Shire Council

Homepage – Burdekin Shire Council

Policies – Burdekin Shire Council

Disclosure Log – Burdekin Shire Council

Latest News – Burdekin Shire Council

Libraries – Burdekin Shire Council

Corporate Plans – Burdekin Shire Council

Strategic Asset Management Plans – Burdekin Shire Council

Public Notices – Burdekin 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

January 2025

December 2024

Burdekin Shire Council

Title / URL	Issues
Annual Reports – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/annual-reports	2
Employment with Council – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/employment	2
Homepage – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/	2
Policies – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/policies	2
Disclosure Log – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/disclosure-log	2
Latest News – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/latest-news	2
Libraries – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/libraries	2
Corporate Plans – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/corporate-plans	2
Strategic Asset Management Plans – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/asset-plans	2
Public Notices – Burdekin Shire Councilwww.burdekin.qld.gov.au/public-notices	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Burdekin Shire Council

Where this issue has occurred