Services for Community and Well Being

Park Amenities

Employee Training and Development Division

Services for Veterans

ALL Locations

Our Highlighted Amenities

Amenities at Preserves

Applications and Requests

Amenities on the Water

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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 2026

December 2025

Manatee County, Florida

Title / URL	Issues
Services for Community and Well Beingwww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/community-and-well-being-services	1
Park Amenitieswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/amenities/park-amenities	1
Employee Training and Development Divisionwww.mymanatee.org/departments/human-resources-department/employee-training-and-development-division	1
Services for Veteranswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/services-by-audience/services-for-veterans	1
ALL Locationswww.mymanatee.org/connect/locations	1
Our Highlighted Amenitieswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities	1
Amenities at Preserveswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/amenities/amenities-at-preserves	1
Applications and Requestswww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/service-outputs/applications-and-requests	1
Amenities on the Waterwww.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/amenities/amenities-on-the-water	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.mymanatee.org/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Manatee County, Florida

Where this issue has occurred