Frequently asked questions | EMR

News articles & press releases | EMR

Theatre & Attraction Tickets | EMR

Trains from Sheffield to Liverpool | EMR

Trains from Bedford to London | EMR

Travelling without a ticket | EMR

Trains from Newark to Nottingham | EMR

Blog | Royal attractions | EMR

Our Fleet| Intercity | EMR

Trains from Lincoln to Nottingham | EMR

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

East Midlands Railway

Title / URL	Issues
Frequently asked questions \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/help-manage/manage/faqs	2
News articles & press releases \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/help-manage/about-us/news-press	2
Theatre & Attraction Tickets \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/theatre-attraction-tickets	2
Trains from Sheffield to Liverpool \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/train-times/sheffield-to-liverpool	1
Trains from Bedford to London \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/train-times/bedford-to-london	1
Travelling without a ticket \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travelling-without-a-ticket	1
Trains from Newark to Nottingham \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/train-times/newark-to-nottingham	1
Blog \| Royal attractions \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/discover/blog/royal-attractions	1
Our Fleet\| Intercity \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/intercity	1
Trains from Lincoln to Nottingham \| EMRwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/train-times/lincoln-to-nottingham	1

Ensure form controls have labels

East Midlands Railway

Where this issue has occurred