Automotive Industry - Consulting & Transformation | Capgemini

Industry Consulting With Experts | Capgemini

Meet our people - Capgemini

Life Sciences Industry - Consulting & Transformation | Capgemini

Intelligent, Insight-Driven, And Sustainable – A New Era For Manufacturing Industry | Capgemini

Career Paths & Growth| Capgemini

Capgemini Career Paths | Career Growth & Progression | Capgemini

Public Sector | Capgemini

Insurance Digital Transformation & Technology Consulting

Capgemini - Make it real.

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 2026

December 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Automotive Industry - Consulting & Transformation \| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/industries/automotive/	1
	Industry Consulting With Experts \| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/industries/	1
	Meet our people - Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/careers/meet-our-people/	1
	Life Sciences Industry - Consulting & Transformation \| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/industries/life-sciences/	1
	Intelligent, Insight-Driven, And Sustainable – A New Era For Manufacturing Industry \| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/industries/manufacturing/	1
	Career Paths & Growth\| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/careers/career-paths/	1
	Capgemini Career Paths \| Career Growth & Progression \| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/careers/	1
	Public Sector \| Capgeminiwww.capgemini.com/industries/public-sector/	1
	Insurance Digital Transformation & Technology Consultingwww.capgemini.com/industries/insurance/	1
	Capgemini - Make it real.www.capgemini.com/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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