Announcements – ColbyNow

ColbyNow

Colby Cheer Powderpuff Game – ColbyNow

Lost/Found Items – ColbyNow

Colby Cheer Powderpuff – ColbyNow

Rides – ColbyNow

Marketplace – ColbyNow

Spring Piano Recital – Saturday, May 10 – ColbyNow

FINAL DAYS: The Arb Experience – Student Art Exhibit! – ColbyNow

Events – ColbyNow

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

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December 2025

Colby College

Title / URL	Issues
Announcements – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/announcements/	2
ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/	2
Colby Cheer Powderpuff Game – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/colby-cheer-powderpuff-game/	2
Lost/Found Items – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/lost-found/	2
Colby Cheer Powderpuff – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/colby-cheer-powderpuff/	2
Rides – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/rides/	2
Marketplace – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/	2
Spring Piano Recital – Saturday, May 10 – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/spring-piano-recital-saturday-may-10/	2
FINAL DAYS: The Arb Experience – Student Art Exhibit! – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/the-arb-experience-student-art-exhibit/	2
Events – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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