Studbooks - Horse Sport Ireland

Latest News - Horse Sport Ireland

Equine Anti Doping - Horse Sport Ireland

Calendar - Horse Sport Ireland

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Vacancies and Careers - Horse Sport Ireland

Human Anti-Doping - Horse Sport Ireland

About Us - Horse Sport Ireland

Mare Inspections - Horse Sport Ireland

Preparing to Breed - Horse Sport Ireland

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

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Horse Sport Ireland

	Title / URL	Issues
	Studbooks - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/studbooks/	2
	Latest News - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/news/	2
	Equine Anti Doping - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/equine-anti-doping/	2
	Calendar - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/calendar/	2
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.horsesportireland.ie/	2
	Vacancies and Careers - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/vacancies-careers/	2
	Human Anti-Doping - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/human-anti-doping/	2
	About Us - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/about-us/	2
	Mare Inspections - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/mare-inspections/	2
	Preparing to Breed - Horse Sport Irelandwww.horsesportireland.ie/preparing-to-breed/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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