Lincoln County Offices

Lincoln County - Tennessee

Circuit Court Clerk

Planning & Zoning Department

Mary Jane Porter

Election Commission

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

February 2026

January 2026

Lincoln County, Tennessee

Title / URL	Issues
Lincoln County Officeswww.lincolncountytn.gov/county_directory/county_offices.php	5
Lincoln County - Tennesseewww.lincolncountytn.gov/calendar.php	4
Lincoln County - Tennesseewww.lincolncountytn.gov/county_directory/chairman_commission.php	4
Lincoln County - Tennesseewww.lincolncountytn.gov/enotify/index.php	4
Circuit Court Clerkwww.lincolncountytn.gov/business_detail_T8_R12.php	4
Planning & Zoning Departmentwww.lincolncountytn.gov/county_directory/planning_zoning.php	4
Lincoln County - Tennesseewww.lincolncountytn.gov/how_do_i_/index.php	4
Mary Jane Porterwww.lincolncountytn.gov/business_detail_T8_R10.php	4
Election Commissionwww.lincolncountytn.gov/county_directory/election_commission.php	4
Lincoln County - Tennesseewww.lincolncountytn.gov/document_hub/ofc_documents.php	4

Ensure form controls have labels

Lincoln County, Tennessee

Where this issue has occurred