Caterpillar | Brands

Caterpillar | 404 Error | Page not Found

Caterpillar | SPM Oil & Gas

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Caterpillar | 100 Years of Caterpillar

Caterpillar | Company | About Caterpillar

Caterpillar | Cat

Caterpillar | MWM

Caterpillar | MaK

Caterpillar | SEM

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

Caterpillar Inc.

Title / URL	Issues
Caterpillar \| Brandswww.caterpillar.com/en/brands.html	5
Caterpillar \| 404 Error \| Page not Foundwww.caterpillar.com/invented-url-for-404-page	5
Caterpillar \| SPM Oil & Gaswww.caterpillar.com/en/brands/spm.html	5
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.caterpillar.com/	5
Caterpillar \| 100 Years of Caterpillarwww.caterpillar.com/en/company/100.html	5
Caterpillar \| Company \| About Caterpillarwww.caterpillar.com/en/company.html	5
Caterpillar \| Catwww.caterpillar.com/en/brands/cat.html	5
Caterpillar \| MWMwww.caterpillar.com/en/brands/mwm.html	5
Caterpillar \| MaKwww.caterpillar.com/en/brands/mak.html	5
Caterpillar \| SEMwww.caterpillar.com/en/brands/sem.html	5

Ensure form controls have labels

Caterpillar Inc.

Where this issue has occurred