Citizens on Patrol Services (COPS)

Utilities

Sustainability

Building & Safety

City Programs For Residents

Schools

Living in Rancho Mirage

ADA Policy & Procedure

Business

Welcome to Rancho Mirage, CA

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

City of Rancho Mirage

	Title / URL	Issues
	Citizens on Patrol Services (COPS)ranchomirageca.gov/our_city/citizens_on_patrol_services_(cops).php	2
	Utilitiesranchomirageca.gov/residents/living_in_rancho_mirage/utilities.php	2
	Sustainabilityranchomirageca.gov/residents/city_services/sustainability/index.php	2
	Building & Safetyranchomirageca.gov/our_city/city_departments/building___safety.php	2
	City Programs For Residentsranchomirageca.gov/residents/city_programs_for_residents/index.php	1
	Schoolsranchomirageca.gov/residents/living_in_rancho_mirage/schools.php	1
	Living in Rancho Mirageranchomirageca.gov/residents/living_in_rancho_mirage/index.php	1
	ADA Policy & Procedureranchomirageca.gov/ada_policy___procedure/index.php	1
	Businessranchomirageca.gov/business/index.php	1
	Welcome to Rancho Mirage, CAranchomirageca.gov/index.php	1

Ensure form controls have labels

City of Rancho Mirage

Where this issue has occurred