Accountability | MSF

How we work | MSF

Reports and finances | MSF

Yemen | MSF medical and humanitarian aid

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move | MSF medical response

MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali | MSF

| أطباء بلا حدود

MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières | Medical humanitarian organisation

Afghanistan: Kunduz ten years on | MSF

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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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Accountability \| MSFwww.msf.org/accountability	10
	How we work \| MSFwww.msf.org/how-we-work	10
	Reports and finances \| MSFwww.msf.org/reports-and-finances	10
	Yemen \| MSF medical and humanitarian aidwww.msf.org/yemen	6
	Refugees, IDPs and people on the move \| MSF medical responsewww.msf.org/refugees-idps-and-people-move	6
	MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali \| MSFwww.msf.org/msf-concludes-years-medical-support-tonkolili-and-bombali	6
	\| أطباء بلا حدودwww.msf.org/ar	6
	MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières \| Medical humanitarian organisationwww.msf.org/	4
	Afghanistan: Kunduz ten years on \| MSFwww.msf.org/afghanistan-kunduz-ten-years	4
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.msf.org/	4

Ensure form controls have labels

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