Contact Us - City of Bayswater

Committees of Council - City of Bayswater

Work With Us - City of Bayswater

City Electoral Wards - City of Bayswater

Council and Committee Meetings - City of Bayswater

Council - City of Bayswater

Page Not Found - City of Bayswater

Public Notices - City of Bayswater

News - City of Bayswater

Advisory Groups - City of Bayswater

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

July 2025

June 2025

City of Bayswater

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Us - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/contact	2
Committees of Council - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/council/committees-of-council	1
Work With Us - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/work-with-us	1
City Electoral Wards - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/council/electoral-wards	1
Council and Committee Meetings - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/council/council-meetings	1
Council - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/council	1
Page Not Found - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Public Notices - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/public-notices	1
News - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/news	1
Advisory Groups - City of Bayswaterwww.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/council/advisory-groups	1

Ensure form controls have labels

City of Bayswater

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