Calendar of Meetings and Events

Other Educational Resources and Information

Economic Development

First time visit: View without clicking anything

County / Non-County Services

Departments

Error 404 - Page Not Found

Business Groups & Chambers of Commerce

Help Center

Municipal Assessors

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

July 2025

June 2025

Dutchess County, New York

	Title / URL	Issues
	Calendar of Meetings and Eventswww.dutchessny.gov/Calendar-Page.htm	3
	Other Educational Resources and Informationwww.dutchessny.gov/Schools/educational-resources.htm	1
	Economic Developmentwww.dutchessny.gov/Business/economic-development.htm	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.dutchessny.gov/	1
	County / Non-County Serviceswww.dutchessny.gov/County-Government/services.htm	1
	Departmentswww.dutchessny.gov/county-departments.htm	1
	Error 404 - Page Not Foundwww.dutchessny.gov/custom404.htm	1
	Business Groups & Chambers of Commercewww.dutchessny.gov/Business/chambers-of-commerce.htm	1
	Help Centerwww.dutchessny.gov/County-Government/help-center.htm	1
	Municipal Assessorswww.dutchessny.gov/Municipalities/assessors.htm	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Dutchess County, New York

Where this issue has occurred