Your councillors | Hackney Council

Stoke Newington Library | Hackney Council

Stamford Hill Library | Hackney Council

What’s on in Hackney libraries | Hackney Council

Homerton Library | Hackney Council

Libraries | Hackney Council

Shoreditch Library | Hackney Council

Woodberry Down Library | Hackney Council

Hackney Council

Dalston CLR James Library | Hackney Council

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 2025

December 2024

London Borough of Hackney Council

Title / URL	Issues
Your councillors \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/your-councillors/	58
Stoke Newington Library \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/stoke-newington-library/	1
Stamford Hill Library \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/stamford-hill-library/	1
What’s on in Hackney libraries \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/libraries-whats-on/	1
Homerton Library \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/homerton-library/	1
Libraries \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/libraries/	1
Shoreditch Library \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/shoreditch-library/	1
Woodberry Down Library \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/woodberry-down-library/	1
Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/search/	1
Dalston CLR James Library \| Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk/dalston-library/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

London Borough of Hackney Council

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