Car Insurance Quotes | UK Car Insurance Online | Hastings Direct

Van Insurance Quotes | Van Insurance UK | Hastings Direct

Motorbike Insurance | Bike & Motorcycle Insurance Quotes UK | Hastings Direct

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Insurance Mobile App | Car Insurance App | Hastings Direct

Hastings Direct | Simplicity Is The Best Policy

Home insurance quote | House Insurance UK | Home and Contents | Hastings Direct

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

November 2025

October 2025

Hastings Direct

	Title / URL	Issues
	Car Insurance Quotes \| UK Car Insurance Online \| Hastings Directwww.hastingsdirect.com/car-insurance/	6
	Van Insurance Quotes \| Van Insurance UK \| Hastings Directwww.hastingsdirect.com/van-insurance/	5
	Motorbike Insurance \| Bike & Motorcycle Insurance Quotes UK \| Hastings Directwww.hastingsdirect.com/motorbike-insurance/	4
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.hastingsdirect.com/	4
	Insurance Mobile App \| Car Insurance App \| Hastings Directwww.hastingsdirect.com/app/	4
	Hastings Direct \| Simplicity Is The Best Policywww.hastingsdirect.com/	4
	Home insurance quote \| House Insurance UK \| Home and Contents \| Hastings Directwww.hastingsdirect.com/home-insurance/	3

Ensure form controls have labels

Hastings Direct

Where this issue has occurred