Events support | Leeds.gov.uk

Public health | Leeds.gov.uk

Open data | Leeds.gov.uk

PHRC training room | Leeds.gov.uk

Emergency out of hours contact information | Leeds.gov.uk

Contact us | Leeds.gov.uk

Help for private tenants | Leeds.gov.uk

Adapting your home | Leeds.gov.uk

Public Health leaflets and posters | Leeds.gov.uk

Plans and strategies | Leeds.gov.uk

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 2026

December 2025

Leeds City Council

Title / URL	Issues
Events support \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/phrc/events/events-support	1
Public health \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/public-health	1
Open data \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/opendata	1
PHRC training room \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/phrc/resources/training-room	1
Emergency out of hours contact information \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/emergency-out-of-hours-contact-numbers	1
Contact us \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/contact-us	1
Help for private tenants \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/housing/help-for-private-tenants	1
Adapting your home \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/housing/adapting-your-home	1
Public Health leaflets and posters \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/phrc/resources/leaflets-and-posters	1
Plans and strategies \| Leeds.gov.ukwww.leeds.gov.uk/plans-and-strategies	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Leeds City Council

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