Leelanau County Clerk | Leelanau County

Leelanau County | Leelanau County

Clothing | Leelanau County

County Treasurer | Leelanau County

Veterans Affairs | Leelanau County

Building Safety | Leelanau County

Courts | Leelanau County

Housing Action Committee | Leelanau County

Finance | Leelanau County

NRAA Zoning Board | Leelanau County

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

April 2025

March 2025

Leelanau County, Michigan

Title / URL	Issues
Leelanau County Clerk \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/clerk.asp	1
Leelanau County \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/	1
Clothing \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/clothing.asp	1
County Treasurer \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/treasurer.asp	1
Veterans Affairs \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/veterans.asp	1
Building Safety \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/concodes.asp	1
Courts \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/courts.asp	1
Housing Action Committee \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/housingac.asp	1
Finance \| Leelanau Countyleelanau.gov/finance.asp	1
NRAA Zoning Board \| Leelanau Countywww.leelanau.gov/pages0251920.asp	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Leelanau County, Michigan

Where this issue has occurred