I Want To... | Maricopa County, AZ

Environmental Services | Maricopa County, AZ

Departments | Maricopa County, AZ

District 2 | Chairman Thomas Galvin | Maricopa County, AZ

Services | Maricopa County, AZ

Social Media | Maricopa County, AZ

Custom404 • Maricopa County, AZ • CivicEngage

Animal Care & Control | Maricopa County, AZ

Public Health | Maricopa County, AZ

Planning & Development | 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

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Maricopa County, Arizona

	Title / URL	Issues
	I Want To... \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/9/I-Want-To	1
	Environmental Services \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/631/Environmental-Services	1
	Departments \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/27/Departments	1
	District 2 \| Chairman Thomas Galvin \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/235/District-2	1
	Services \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/101/Services	1
	Social Media \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/79/Social-Media-Hub	1
	Custom404 • Maricopa County, AZ • CivicEngagewww.maricopa.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Animal Care & Control \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/5268/Animal-Care-and-Control	1
	Public Health \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/5302/Public-Health	1
	Planning & Development \| Maricopa County, AZwww.maricopa.gov/797/Planning-Development	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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