World news: breaking stories, comment, analysis & debate - Mirror Online

Cricket News, reports, live scores - tests, ODIs & T20 - Daily Mirror

News: latest stories, exclusives, opinion & analysis - Mirror Online

Technology news, rumours & reviews - Mirror Online

Royal News - The Latest on the UK Royal Family - The Mirror

Fashion news, style & beauty tips - Mirror Online

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

Real life: Real-life news stories, real-life people - Mirror Online

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

Crime - Latest news, police issues, true crime and crime rates - Mirror Online

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 2025

July 2025

Daily Mirror

Title / URL	Issues
World news: breaking stories, comment, analysis & debate - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/	1
Cricket News, reports, live scores - tests, ODIs & T20 - Daily Mirrorwww.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/	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
Royal News - The Latest on the UK Royal Family - The Mirrorwww.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/	1
Fashion news, style & beauty tips - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/3am/style/	1
UFC - Latest news, reaction, results, pictures, video - The Mirrorwww.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ufc	1
Real life: Real-life news stories, real-life people - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/	1
UK & Ireland Travel - late deals, holiday news and advice - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/	1
Crime - Latest news, police issues, true crime and crime rates - Mirror Onlinewww.mirror.co.uk/all-about/crime	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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