Bus lanes | Hull

Children and families – Hull

Arrears – Hull

Recycling – Hull

Textile recycling | Hull

Cost of Living | Hull

Brown bins | Hull

Council Tax arrears | Hull

Lettings feedback | Lettings Feedback | Hull

The Scheme of Delegation | Hull

To comply with WCAG 2.1, fields must identify what their purpose is _programmatically_. If done correctly,
this allows browsers to help users fill in forms with known information, such as their name and email address.

This is accomplished via the `autocomplete` attribute, which should be set to a 
[supported value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete) wherever
appropriate, e.g. 

```html
<label for="name">
  First Name
</label>
<input id="name" type="text" autocomplete="given-name">
```

For fields where `autocomplete` is not appropriate, e.g. due to security, or the field not matching the
specification, the specific field should be ignored.

## Methodology

* All fields which could support `autocomplete` (e.g. text fields)
  are checked. Other fields - like dropdown menus - are ignored.
* The [accessible name](https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/) of each field is considered. In most cases this
  will be the `<label>` for the field.
* If the name matches a known pattern the field 
  must have an appropriate `autocomplete` value specified.
  For example, an `<input>` with type `text` with a label of 
  "First Name" would be expected to have an autocomplete value 
  of `given-name` or similar.

Note that using `autocomplete="on"` is not sufficient to pass this check, a
specific named autocomplete value must be used. See the
[supported values](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete).

## Troubleshooting

If a field is a false positive, check whether the field has an 
appropriate accessible name (i.e. a `<label>` or `aria-label`).

If the label is incorrect, Silktide may assume that the field 
requires `autocomplete` where it does not. You should fix the 
label to avoid this.

Otherwise, you can simply ignore the specific field.

## More information

* [How to use HTML 5.2 attributes](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/html/H98)

identify-input-purpose

January 2026

December 2025

Hull City Council

Title / URL	Issues
Bus lanes \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/roads-pavements/bus-lanes	1
Children and families – Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/children-families	1
Arrears – Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/arrears	1
Recycling – Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/recycling	1
Textile recycling \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/recycling/clothing-banks	1
Cost of Living \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/financial-legal-general-advice/cost-living	1
Brown bins \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/recycling/brown-bins	1
Council Tax arrears \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/arrears/council-tax-recovery	1
Lettings feedback \| Lettings Feedback \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/find-home-1/lettings-feedback	1
The Scheme of Delegation \| Hullwww.hull.gov.uk/open-data/scheme-delegation	1

Identify the purpose of fields programmatically

Hull City Council

Where this issue has occurred