Land Use - Huerfano County Government

Colorado Open Records Act - Huerfano County Government

Treasurer & Public Trustee - Huerfano County Government

Home - Huerfano County Government - Page 2

Departments - Huerfano County Government

Events - Huerfano County Government

Home - Huerfano County Government - Page 3

Public Notices - Huerfano County Government

Noxious Weed Management - Huerfano County Government

Report An Issue - Huerfano County Government

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

June 2025

May 2025

Huerfano County, Colorado

	Title / URL	Issues
	Land Use - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/departments/land-use/	1
	Colorado Open Records Act - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/cora/	1
	Treasurer & Public Trustee - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/treasurer/	1
	Home - Huerfano County Government - Page 2huerfano.us/page/2/	1
	Departments - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/departments/	1
	Events - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/events/	1
	Home - Huerfano County Government - Page 3huerfano.us/page/3/	1
	Public Notices - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/category/public-notices/	1
	Noxious Weed Management - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/noxious-weeds/	1
	Report An Issue - Huerfano County Governmenthuerfano.us/report-issue/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Huerfano County, Colorado

Where this issue has occurred