Health and Safety - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Newry Mourne Down - Brexit

Pay for It - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Horse Riding Trails - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Marriages - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Noise Control - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Key Service Telephone Numbers

Census

Special Circumstances - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Disabled Angling - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

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

June 2025

May 2025

Newry, Mourne, and Down District Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Health and Safety - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/health-and-safety	19
	Newry Mourne Down - Brexitwww.newrymournedown.org/brexit	2
	Pay for It - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/pay-for-it	2
	Horse Riding Trails - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/horse-riding-trails	2
	Marriages - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/marriages	2
	Noise Control - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/noise-control	2
	Key Service Telephone Numberswww.newrymournedown.org/key-service-telephone-numbers	2
	Censuswww.newrymournedown.org/census	2
	Special Circumstances - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/special-circumstances	2
	Disabled Angling - Newry, Mourne and Down District Councilwww.newrymournedown.org/disabled-angling	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Newry, Mourne, and Down District Council

Where this issue has occurred