Meetings & Events - Crawford County

Crawford County Michigan, County Announcements

Opioid Steering Committee - Crawford County

Crawford County Airport Terminal

Crawford County Michigan Clerk

Crawford County Michigan Human Resources

Crawford County Michigan Animal Control

Contact Crawford County Michigan

Apportionment Committee - Crawford County

Crawford County Michigan Sheriff

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 2025

May 2025

Crawford County, Michigan

	Title / URL	Issues
	Meetings & Events - Crawford Countywww.crawfordco.org/meetings-events/	5
	Crawford County Michigan, County Announcementswww.crawfordco.org/county-info/news/	3
	Opioid Steering Committee - Crawford Countywww.crawfordco.org/opioid-steering-committee/	2
	Crawford County Airport Terminalwww.crawfordco.org/offices-departments/airport-terminal/	2
	Crawford County Michigan Clerkwww.crawfordco.org/offices-departments/clerk/	2
	Crawford County Michigan Human Resourceswww.crawfordco.org/offices-departments/human-resources/	2
	Crawford County Michigan Animal Controlwww.crawfordco.org/offices-departments/animal-control/	2
	Contact Crawford County Michiganwww.crawfordco.org/contact-us/	2
	Apportionment Committee - Crawford Countywww.crawfordco.org/apportionment-committee/	2
	Crawford County Michigan Sheriffwww.crawfordco.org/offices-departments/sheriff/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Crawford County, Michigan

Where this issue has occurred