My Community – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Living Here – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Illegal Dumping – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

My Environment – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Grants and Funding – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Regional Cemeteries – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

My Property – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Payment Options – Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Australia Day – Cassowary Coast Regional 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

August 2025

July 2025

Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Title / URL	Issues
My Community – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/my-community	4
Living Here – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/living-here/home	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/	4
Illegal Dumping – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/illegal-dumping	4
My Environment – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/my-environment	4
Grants and Funding – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/funding-grants	4
Regional Cemeteries – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/regional-cemeteries	4
My Property – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/my-property	4
Payment Options – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/payment-options	4
Australia Day – Cassowary Coast Regional Councilwww.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/australiaday	4

Ensure form controls have labels

Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Where this issue has occurred