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Why buy a new build house? | Guinness Homes

About Guinness Homes | Guinness Homes

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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Title / URL	Issues
Residential development, sites & land wanted \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/about-us/land-wanted/	3
Contact Us \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/about-us/contact-us/	3
Shared Ownership Blog \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/blog/	2
Buying a Guinness Home \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/buying-from-us/	2
Shared Ownership in Cheshire \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/find-a-home/goddard-street-crewe/	2
Shared Ownership charges and fees \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/buying-from-us/our-charges/	2
Our History \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/about-us/our-history/	2
404 Page \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page/	2
Why buy a new build house? \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/buying-from-us/why-buy-new/	2
About Guinness Homes \| Guinness Homeswww.guinnesshomes.co.uk/about-us/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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