Our Purpose | CVS Health

Our Company Strategy

Media Contacts | Media Relations | CVS Health

Advancing Public Health | CVS Health

Our COVID-19 Response | CVS Health

Our COVID-19 Action Plan | CVS Health

Featured News | CVS Health

Health Plans | Aetna Health Insurance | CVS Health

Our Leadership & Executive Team | CVS Health

Leading Health Solutions Company | CVS Health

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

August 2024

July 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Our Purpose \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/about/our-people/our-purpose.html	1
Our Company Strategywww.cvshealth.com/about/our-strategy.html	1
Media Contacts \| Media Relations \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/news/media-contacts.html	1
Advancing Public Health \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/about/public-policy/public-health.html	1
Our COVID-19 Response \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/services/covid-19.html	1
Our COVID-19 Action Plan \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/services/covid-19/timeline.html	1
Featured News \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/news/featured-content.html	1
Health Plans \| Aetna Health Insurance \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/services/health-insurance.html	1
Our Leadership & Executive Team \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/about/leadership.html	1
Leading Health Solutions Company \| CVS Healthwww.cvshealth.com/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred