About Kittitas County

Kittitas County Departments

Kittitas County Courts | Home Page

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Kittitas County Contact Information

Request for Kittitas County Public Records

Kittitas County Sheriff | Civil Division

Kittitas County Human Resources | Job Portal

Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners | Home Page

Kittitas County Treasurer | Payments

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

Kittitas County, Washington

Title / URL	Issues
About Kittitas Countywww.co.kittitas.wa.us/about/default.aspx	1
Kittitas County Departmentswww.co.kittitas.wa.us/departments.aspx	1
Kittitas County Courts \| Home Pagewww.co.kittitas.wa.us/courts/default.aspx	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.co.kittitas.wa.us/	1
Kittitas County Contact Informationwww.co.kittitas.wa.us/contact.aspx	1
Request for Kittitas County Public Recordswww.co.kittitas.wa.us/request/default.aspx	1
Kittitas County Sheriff \| Civil Divisionwww.co.kittitas.wa.us/sheriff/civil.aspx	1
Kittitas County Human Resources \| Job Portalwww.co.kittitas.wa.us/hr/jobs/default.aspx	1
Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners \| Home Pagewww.co.kittitas.wa.us/boc/default.aspx	1
Kittitas County Treasurer \| Paymentswww.co.kittitas.wa.us/treasurer/payments.aspx	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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