Gatesville Independent School District - English as a Second Language (ESL)

Gatesville Independent School District - GISD Police

Gatesville Independent School District - School Nutrition

Gatesville Independent School District - Search Results

Gatesville Independent School District - Enrollment & Registration

Gatesville Independent School District - Technology

Gatesville Independent School District - Special Education

Gatesville Independent School District - Gifted and Talented (GT)

Gatesville Independent School District - Section 504

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

September 2025

August 2025

Gatesville ISD

	Title / URL	Issues
	Gatesville Independent School District - English as a Second Language (ESL)www.gatesvilleisd.org/esl	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - GISD Policewww.gatesvilleisd.org/gisdpolice	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - School Nutritionwww.gatesvilleisd.org/schoolnutrition	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - Search Resultswww.gatesvilleisd.org/search_e	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - Enrollment & Registrationwww.gatesvilleisd.org/enroll	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - Technologywww.gatesvilleisd.org/technology	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - Special Educationwww.gatesvilleisd.org/spedhome	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - Gifted and Talented (GT)www.gatesvilleisd.org/gt	1
	Gatesville Independent School District - Section 504www.gatesvilleisd.org/section504	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Gatesville ISD

Where this issue has occurred