County of Del Norte, California - Public Health Branch

County of Del Norte, California - Home Page

County of Del Norte, California - Child Support Services

County of Del Norte, California - Dog Licensing

County of Del Norte, California - Assessor

County of Del Norte, California - Grand Jury

County of Del Norte, California - Elections

County of Del Norte, California - Livescan Fingerprinting

County of Del Norte, California - Treasurer

County of Del Norte, California - Alarm Permit

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

January 2025

December 2024

Del Norte County, California

Title / URL	Issues
County of Del Norte, California - Public Health Branchwww.co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/PublicHealth	1
County of Del Norte, California - Home Pagewww.co.del-norte.ca.us/	1
County of Del Norte, California - Child Support Serviceswww.co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/ChildSupport	1
County of Del Norte, California - Dog Licensingwww.co.del-norte.ca.us/Licensing	1
County of Del Norte, California - Assessorwww.co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/Assessor	1
County of Del Norte, California - Grand Jurywww.co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/GrandJury	1
County of Del Norte, California - Electionswww.co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/Elections	1
County of Del Norte, California - Livescan Fingerprintingwww.co.del-norte.ca.us/Fingerprint	1
County of Del Norte, California - Treasurerwww.co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/Treasurer	1
County of Del Norte, California - Alarm Permitwww.co.del-norte.ca.us/alarm	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Del Norte County, California

Where this issue has occurred