Corporate governance | Our Business | Diageo

Luxury | Diageo

How We Build Brands | Our Business | Diageo

Board Of Directors | Representatives | Our Business | Diageo

History of Diageo | Our Business | Diageo

Europe | Where we operate | Diageo

Baileys | Brand Profile | Diageo

Asia Pacific | Where we operate | Diageo

The Archive | History | Our Business | Diageo

Innovation | Diageo

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
	Corporate governance \| Our Business \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/corporate-governance	1
	Luxury \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/luxury	1
	How We Build Brands \| Our Business \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/building-world-class-brands	1
	Board Of Directors \| Representatives \| Our Business \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/board-of-directors	1
	History of Diageo \| Our Business \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/our-history	1
	Europe \| Where we operate \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/where-we-operate/europe	1
	Baileys \| Brand Profile \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-brands/brand-explorer/baileys	1
	Asia Pacific \| Where we operate \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/where-we-operate/asia-pacific	1
	The Archive \| History \| Our Business \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/our-history/the-archive	1
	Innovation \| Diageowww.diageo.com/en/our-business/innovation	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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