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Our leadership team | L&Q Group

Information for tenants | L&Q Group

Terms of use | L&Q Group

Sign up or sign in | L&Q Online Account

Our history | L&Q Group

Contact Us | L&Q Contact Number | L&Q Group

Careers at L&Q | L&Q Group

L&Q news | L&Q Group

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

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Title / URL	Issues
L&Q Group \| Leading Housing Association & Residential Developerwww.lqgroup.org.uk/	7
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.lqgroup.org.uk/	6
Our leadership team \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/about-landq/our-people	3
Information for tenants \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/your-home/tenants	3
Terms of use \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/website-terms-of-use	3
Sign up or sign in \| L&Q Online Accountwww.lqgroup.org.uk/onlineaccount	3
Our history \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/about-landq/our-history	3
Contact Us \| L&Q Contact Number \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/contact-us	3
Careers at L&Q \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/working-at-landq	3
L&Q news \| L&Q Groupwww.lqgroup.org.uk/media-centre/news	3

Ensure form controls have labels

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