Announcements – ColbyNow

ColbyNow

Expressive Arts for Trauma Processing – Survivor Pride – ColbyNow

***No Jitney Thursday 9th*** – ColbyNow

Apartment Available – ColbyNow

Lost/Found Items – ColbyNow

In the News: “Can Conservatives Win Gen Z?” – ColbyNow

[DAVIS AI] Fall AI Hackathon @ Bowdoin – ColbyNow

Rides – ColbyNow

Marketplace – 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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	Title / URL	Issues
	Announcements – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/announcements/	2
	ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/	2
	Expressive Arts for Trauma Processing – Survivor Pride – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/student-support-group-survivor-pride/	2
	*No Jitney Thursday 9th* – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/announcements/no-jitney-thursday-9th/	2
	Apartment Available – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/apartment-available/	2
	Lost/Found Items – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/lost-found/	2
	In the News: “Can Conservatives Win Gen Z?” – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/in-the-news-can-conservatives-win-gen-z/	2
	[DAVIS AI] Fall AI Hackathon @ Bowdoin – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/davis-ai-fall-ai-hackathon-bowdoin/	2
	Rides – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/rides/	2
	Marketplace – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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