GIS | Emmet County, MI

Fair Management | Emmet County, MI

Clerk | Emmet County

Equalization | Emmet County, MI

FOIA Office

Maintenance | Emmet County, MI

Emmet County, MI | Official Government Homepage

Courts | Emmet County, MI

Services | Emmet County, MI

Open Bids & RFPs | Emmet County, MI

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

May 2025

April 2025

Emmet County, Michigan

Title / URL	Issues
GIS \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/departments/gis/index.php	3
Fair Management \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/departments/fair/index.php	3
Clerk \| Emmet Countywww.emmetcounty.org/departments/clerk/index.php	3
Equalization \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/departments/equalization/index.php	3
FOIA Officewww.emmetcounty.org/departments/foia_office/index.php	3
Maintenance \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/departments/maintenance/index.php	2
Emmet County, MI \| Official Government Homepagewww.emmetcounty.org/	1
Courts \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/government/courts/index.php	1
Services \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/services/index.php	1
Open Bids & RFPs \| Emmet County, MIwww.emmetcounty.org/services/open_bids___rfps.php	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Emmet County, Michigan

Where this issue has occurred