Understanding Credit - Credit Facts | Equifax®

Buying a Car or Home? | Making a Large Purchase | Equifax

Credit and Equifax Products FAQ | Equifax®

Equifax | Credit Bureau | Check Your Credit

Equifax Credit and Financial Education | Equifax

Credit Report Services | Equifax®

Equifax | Contact Us | Customer Service

Business | Equifax

Financial and Credit Information for all Stages of Life | Equifax

Understanding Your Equifax Credit Report | Equifax

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

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December 2025

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Understanding Credit - Credit Facts \| Equifax®www.equifax.com/personal/understanding-credit/	3
	Buying a Car or Home? \| Making a Large Purchase \| Equifaxwww.equifax.com/personal/buying-a-car-or-home/	3
	Credit and Equifax Products FAQ \| Equifax®www.equifax.com/personal/help/	2
	Equifax \| Credit Bureau \| Check Your Creditwww.equifax.com/index/	1
	Equifax Credit and Financial Education \| Equifaxwww.equifax.com/personal/education/	1
	Credit Report Services \| Equifax®www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/	1
	Equifax \| Contact Us \| Customer Servicewww.equifax.com/personal/contact-us/	1
	Business \| Equifaxwww.equifax.com/business/	1
	Financial and Credit Information for all Stages of Life \| Equifaxwww.equifax.com/personal/education/life-stages/	1
	Understanding Your Equifax Credit Report \| Equifaxwww.equifax.com/personal/education/credit/report/	1

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