City of Newcastle

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Get Involved - City of Newcastle

Youth Week - City of Newcastle

Our Community - City of Newcastle

Grants and Sponsorships - City of Newcastle

Service Issues - City of Newcastle

Fort Scratchley - Home - City of Newcastle

Seniors - City of Newcastle

Rates - City of Newcastle

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

June 2024

May 2024

City of Newcastle AUS

Title / URL	Issues
City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/	2
Get Involved - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/community/get-involved	1
Youth Week - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/community/our-community/youth-week	1
Our Community - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/community/our-community	1
Grants and Sponsorships - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/community/grants-and-sponsorships	1
Service Issues - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/living/waste-and-recycling/service-issues	1
Fort Scratchley - Home - City of Newcastlenewcastle.nsw.gov.au/fort-scratchley/fort-scratchley-home	1
Seniors - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/community/our-community/seniors	1
Rates - City of Newcastlewww.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-responsibilities/rates	1

Ensure form controls have labels

City of Newcastle AUS

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