Join our networks and groups

Members - Landing Page - GRCC

Contact Us - GRCC

Village Hall Finder - GRCC

SPLW

NHS - Stay Well This Winter - News & Events - GRCC

Our story - GRCC

Community Well-Being Agent - GRCC

James Blake elected chair of ACRE - News & Events - GRCC

News & Events - April 2023 - GRCC

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

August 2024

July 2024

Gloucestershire Rural Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Join our networks and groupswww.grcc.org.uk/voluntary-and-community-sector/join-networks	4
Members - Landing Page - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/home/members-landing-page	4
Contact Us - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/about-us/contact-us	4
Village Hall Finder - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/village-hall-finder/village-hall-finder	3
SPLWwww.grcc.org.uk/work-for-us/splw-vacancies	2
NHS - Stay Well This Winter - News & Events - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/news-events/news-events/post/75-nhs-stay-well-this-winter	2
Our story - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/our-story/our-story	2
Community Well-Being Agent - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/work-for-us/community-wellbeing-agent	2
James Blake elected chair of ACRE - News & Events - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/news-events/news-events/post/242-james-blake-elected-chair-of-acre	2
News & Events - April 2023 - GRCCwww.grcc.org.uk/news-events/news-events/monthposts/2023/4	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Gloucestershire Rural Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred