Find an event | Cancer Research UK

Screening for cancer | Cancer Research UK

Find a clinical trial | Cancer Research UK

Get involved | Cancer Research UK

Tests and scans | Cancer in general | Cancer Research UK

Page not found | Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research Charity Runs | Cancer Research UK

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Do your own fundraising | Cancer Research UK

Cancer Statistics for the UK

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
Find an event \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/find-an-event	4
Screening for cancer \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/screening	1
Find a clinical trial \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/find-a-clinical-trial	1
Get involved \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved	1
Tests and scans \| Cancer in general \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/tests-and-scans	1
Page not found \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Cancer Research Charity Runs \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/find-an-event/charity-runs	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.cancerresearchuk.org/	1
Do your own fundraising \| Cancer Research UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/do-your-own-fundraising	1
Cancer Statistics for the UKwww.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics-for-the-uk	1

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