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Solve an issue | LiveWest

Page Not Found | LiveWest

My community | LiveWest

How-to guides | LiveWest

My home | LiveWest

Damp and mould | LiveWest

Who we are | LiveWest

For investors | LiveWest

Setting your rent | LiveWest

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 2025

January 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/	45
Solve an issue \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/my-home/solve-an-issue	4
Page Not Found \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	2
My community \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/my-community	2
How-to guides \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/my-home/how-to-guides	2
My home \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/my-home	2
Damp and mould \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/damp-and-mould	2
Who we are \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are	2
For investors \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/about-us/for-investors	2
Setting your rent \| LiveWestwww.livewest.co.uk/setting-your-rent	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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