Pages • Maricopa County, AZ • CivicEngage

District 2 | Chairman Thomas Galvin | Maricopa County, AZ

District 3 | Vice Chair Kate Brophy McGee | Maricopa County, AZ

Maricopa County, AZ | Official Website

Fall and Winter Virus Season | Maricopa County, AZ

Air Quality | Maricopa County, AZ

CivicMedia™ • Maricopa County, AZ • CivicEngage

Human Services | Maricopa County, AZ

I Want To... | Maricopa County, AZ

Public Health | Maricopa County, AZ

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

May 2025

April 2025

Maricopa County, Arizona

Title / URL	Issues
Pages • Maricopa County, AZ • CivicEngagewww.maricopa.gov/Accessibility	2
District 2 \| Chairman Thomas Galvin \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/235/District-2	2
District 3 \| Vice Chair Kate Brophy McGee \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/247/District-3	2
Maricopa County, AZ \| Official Websitewww.maricopa.gov/	2
Fall and Winter Virus Season \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/5975/Fall-and-Winter-Virus-Season	2
Air Quality \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/1244/Air-Quality	2
CivicMedia™ • Maricopa County, AZ • CivicEngagewww.maricopa.gov/civicmedia	2
Human Services \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/5270/Human-Services	2
I Want To... \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/9/I-Want-To	1
Public Health \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/5302/Public-Health	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Maricopa County, Arizona

Where this issue has occurred