CAE Rise | CAE

Management Team | CAE

Flightscape | CAE

Become a pilot | CAE

Airline Pilot Training | CAE

Aviation Training | CAE

Terms of use agreement | CAE

Cookie Policy | CAE

History | CAE

Available Aircraft Platforms | CAE

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

September 2025

August 2025

CAE Inc.

	Title / URL	Issues
	CAE Rise \| CAEwww.cae.com/civil-aviation/aviation-software/cae-rise	10
	Management Team \| CAEwww.cae.com/about-cae/management-team	6
	Flightscape \| CAEwww.cae.com/civil-aviation/aviation-software/flightscape	6
	Become a pilot \| CAEwww.cae.com/civil-aviation/become-a-pilot	6
	Airline Pilot Training \| CAEwww.cae.com/civil-aviation/aviation-training/airline-pilot-training	6
	Aviation Training \| CAEwww.cae.com/civil-aviation/aviation-training	6
	Terms of use agreement \| CAEwww.cae.com/terms-of-use-agreement/	6
	Cookie Policy \| CAEwww.cae.com/cookie-policy/	6
	History \| CAEwww.cae.com/about-cae/history	6
	Available Aircraft Platforms \| CAEwww.cae.com/civil-aviation/available-aircraft-platforms-apt	6

Ensure form controls have labels

CAE Inc.

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