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

Expert Data Center Strategy & Consulting | Digital Realty

NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Centers | Digital Realty

HPE Greenlake Partner | Digital Realty

PDx® | Digital Realty

Data First Business Insights | Digital Realty

USA Data Centers & Colocation | Americas Data Center Locations | Digital Realty

Global Data Centers Solutions | Digital Realty

Asia Pacific Data Centers | Digital Realty

Digital Realty Alliance Partner 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

December 2025

November 2025

Digital Realty Trust Inc

	Title / URL	Issues
	Europe, Middle East & Africa Data Centers & Colocation \| EMEA Data Center Locations \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/emea	7
	Expert Data Center Strategy & Consulting \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/expertise/expert-teams	6
	NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Centers \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/partners/nvidia	6
	HPE Greenlake Partner \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/partners/hpe	6
	PDx® \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/expertise/solutions	6
	Data First Business Insights \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/expertise/data-insights	6
	USA Data Centers & Colocation \| Americas Data Center Locations \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas	5
	Global Data Centers Solutions \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers	5
	Asia Pacific Data Centers \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/asia-pacific	5
	Digital Realty Alliance Partner Solutions \| Digital Realtywww.digitalrealty.com/partners	4

Ensure form controls have labels

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