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Football: News, opinion, previews, results & live scores - Mirror Online

Lifestyle: staying in, go out, sex, dieting & family - Mirror Online

UFC - Latest news, reaction, results, pictures, video - The Mirror

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Bigfoot - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - The Mirror

UK & Ireland Travel - late deals, holiday news and advice - Mirror Online

Latest Health News and Advice on Wellbeing - The Mirror

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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May 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Science News - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/science/	1
News: latest stories, exclusives, opinion & analysis - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/	1
Technology news, rumours & reviews - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/tech/	1
Football: News, opinion, previews, results & live scores - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/	1
Lifestyle: staying in, go out, sex, dieting & family - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/	1
UFC - Latest news, reaction, results, pictures, video - The Mirrorwww.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ufc	1
World news: breaking stories, comment, analysis & debate - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/	1
Bigfoot - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - The Mirrorwww.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bigfoot	1
UK & Ireland Travel - late deals, holiday news and advice - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/	1
Latest Health News and Advice on Wellbeing - The Mirrorwww.mirror.co.uk/news/health/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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