Asia Pacific Data Centers | Digital Realty

Europe, Middle East & Africa Data Centers & Colocation | EMEA Data Center Locations | Digital Realty

Global Data Centers Solutions | Digital Realty

IBM Direct Link | Digital Realty

Unlock the Value of Your Data with Digital Realty Solutions | Digital Realty

Digital Realty Alliance Partner Solutions | Digital Realty

Digital Realty | Data Center Services & Colocation

HPE Greenlake Partner | Digital Realty

PlatformDIGITAL | Digital Realty

Retail Data Center Solutions | Digital Realty

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

September 2025

August 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Asia Pacific Data Centers \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/asia-pacific	7
	Europe, Middle East & Africa Data Centers & Colocation \| EMEA Data Center Locations \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/emea	7
	Global Data Centers Solutions \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers	7
	IBM Direct Link \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/partners/ibm	6
	Unlock the Value of Your Data with Digital Realty Solutions \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/expertise/solutions/data	6
	Digital Realty Alliance Partner Solutions \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/partners	6
	Digital Realty \| Data Center Services & Colocationwww.digitalrealty.com/	6
	HPE Greenlake Partner \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/partners/hpe	6
	PlatformDIGITAL \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/platform-digital	6
	Retail Data Center Solutions \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/expertise/solutions/retail	6

Ensure form controls have labels

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