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Tower Leases | Crown Castle

CCIsites | Crown Castle

TV and Radio Broadcasters | Crown Castle

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National and Regional Wireless Carriers | Crown Castle

Connectivity for Hospitality Companies | Crown Castle

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>
```

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Title / URL	Issues
Crown Castle \| Communications Infrastructure Solutionswww.crowncastle.com/	4
Industry Expertise \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industry-expertise	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.crowncastle.com/	4
Careers \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/careers/	2
Tower Leases \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/tower-leases/	2
CCIsites \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/ccisites/	2
TV and Radio Broadcasters \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/broadcast	2
Wholesale, Hyperscalers & Fiber Providers \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/wholesale	2
National and Regional Wireless Carriers \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/wireless-carriers	2
Connectivity for Hospitality Companies \| Crown Castlewww.crowncastle.com/industries/hospitality	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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