Jefferson County Sheriff's Office - OREGON | Jefferson County Oregon

County Clerk | Jefferson County Oregon

Boards and Commissions | Jefferson County Oregon

Community Development | Jefferson County Oregon

Veterans Services | Jefferson County Oregon

Building and Grounds | Jefferson County Oregon

Public Safety | Jefferson County Oregon

Community | Jefferson County Oregon

FINANCE | Jefferson County Oregon

Forms | Jefferson County Oregon

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

January 2025

December 2024

Jefferson County, Oregon

Title / URL	Issues
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office - OREGON \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/sheriff	7
County Clerk \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/cc	4
Boards and Commissions \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/bc	3
Community Development \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/cd	2
Veterans Services \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/vs	2
Building and Grounds \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/bg	2
Public Safety \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/ps	1
Community \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/community	1
FINANCE \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/bft	1
Forms \| Jefferson County Oregonwww.jeffco.net/forms	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Jefferson County, Oregon

Where this issue has occurred