HBC | Retail News

HBC | Page Not Found

HBC | HBC Properties and Investments

HBC | Contact Us

HBC | Become an HBC Vendor

HBC | Vendor Portal

HBC | Press Releases

HBC | Careers

HBC | La Baie d’Hudson

HBC | Engaging Our People

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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April 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
HBC \| Retail Newswww.hbc.com/news/press-releases/retail-news/	2
HBC \| Page Not Foundwww.hbc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	2
HBC \| HBC Properties and Investmentswww.hbc.com/hbc-properties-and-investments/	1
HBC \| Contact Uswww.hbc.com/contact-us/	1
HBC \| Become an HBC Vendorwww.hbc.com/vendors/become-an-hbc-vendor/	1
HBC \| Vendor Portalwww.hbc.com/vendors/vendor-portal/	1
HBC \| Press Releaseswww.hbc.com/news/press-releases/	1
HBC \| Careerswww.hbc.com/our-company/careers/	1
HBC \| La Baie d’Hudsonwww.hbc.com/fr/	1
HBC \| Engaging Our Peoplewww.hbc.com/sustainability/engaging-our-people/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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