LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN | Kershaw County, SC

Transparency | Kershaw County, SC

Finance | Kershaw County, SC

County Ordinances | Kershaw County, SC

GIS & 911 Addressing | Kershaw County, SC

Coroner | Kershaw County, SC

Page Not Found... | Kershaw County, SC

Kershaw County Airport | Kershaw County, SC

County Council FAQ | Kershaw County, SC

Planning & Zoning | Kershaw County, SC

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

August 2025

July 2025

Kershaw County, South Carolina

	Title / URL	Issues
	LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/departments/language-access-plan	1
	Transparency \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/transparency	1
	Finance \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/departments-a-g/finance	1
	County Ordinances \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/county-council/ordinances	1
	GIS & 911 Addressing \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/departments-h-q/information-services/gis-mapping	1
	Coroner \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/departments-a-g/coroner	1
	Page Not Found... \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Kershaw County Airport \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/departments/departments-a-g/airport	1
	County Council FAQ \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/county-council/faq	1
	Planning & Zoning \| Kershaw County, SCwww.kershaw.sc.gov/government/departments-h-q/planning-zoning	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Kershaw County, South Carolina

Where this issue has occurred