Staff - National College of Art and Design

Postgraduate Study at NCAD - National College of Art and Design

First time visit: View without clicking anything

National College of Art and Design

Fees - National College of Art and Design

Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) - National College of Art and Design

Strategic Plan 2019-2024 - National College of Art and Design

NCAD Field - National College of Art and Design

Gallery Events - National College of Art and Design

Undergraduate - National College of Art and Design

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

February 2025

January 2025

National College of Art and Design, Dublin

Title / URL	Issues
Staff - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/staff	2
Postgraduate Study at NCAD - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/postgraduate	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ncad.ie/	2
National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/library	2
Fees - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/study-at-ncad/fees/	2
Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/about/edi/	2
Strategic Plan 2019-2024 - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/about/strategic-plan/	2
NCAD Field - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/about/ncad-field/	2
Gallery Events - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/about/gallery/	2
Undergraduate - National College of Art and Designwww.ncad.ie/undergraduate	2

Ensure form controls have labels

National College of Art and Design, Dublin

Where this issue has occurred