Patrick Henry Gallen

Tamira Snell

Martin Kruse

Our Projects

Simon Fuglsang Østergaard

Nicklas Larsen

Carsten Beck

Sofie Hvitved

Thomas Geuken

Lasse Jonasson

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

May 2025

April 2025

Institut for Fremtidsforskning

Title / URL	Issues
Patrick Henry Gallencifs.dk/talks/phg/	9
Tamira Snellcifs.dk/talks/tsn/	9
Martin Krusecifs.dk/talks/mkr/	9
Our Projectscifs.dk/our-projects/	9
Simon Fuglsang Østergaardcifs.dk/talks/sio/	9
Nicklas Larsencifs.dk/talks/nil/	9
Carsten Beckcifs.dk/talks/cab/	9
Sofie Hvitvedcifs.dk/talks/sh/	9
Thomas Geukencifs.dk/talks/tg/	9
Lasse Jonassoncifs.dk/talks/lj/	9

Ensure form controls have labels

Institut for Fremtidsforskning

Where this issue has occurred