Announcements – ColbyNow

ColbyNow

Lost/Found Items – ColbyNow

IKEA UPPLAND Sofa – ColbyNow

FURNITURE MAKING JANPLAN 2026 – ColbyNow

Faculty & Staff Mumble – ColbyNow

Wooden Bookshelf – ColbyNow

Rides – ColbyNow

Marketplace – ColbyNow

Mount Merici Mums Sale – 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

November 2025

October 2025

Colby College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Announcements – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/announcements/	2
	ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/	2
	Lost/Found Items – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/lost-found/	2
	IKEA UPPLAND Sofa – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/ikea-uppland-sofa/	2
	FURNITURE MAKING JANPLAN 2026 – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/furniture-making-janplan-2026/	2
	Faculty & Staff Mumble – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/events/faculty-staff-mumble/	2
	Wooden Bookshelf – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/wooden-bookshelf/	2
	Rides – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/rides/	2
	Marketplace – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/	2
	Mount Merici Mums Sale – ColbyNowwww.colby.edu/now/marketplace/mount-merici-mums-sale/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Colby College

Where this issue has occurred