Cost of Living Survey | BOB ICB

August | 2022 | News | BOB ICB | BOB ICB

News | BOB ICB

July | 2022 | News | BOB ICB | BOB ICB

Our Board & Leadership | BOB ICB

February | 2023 | News | BOB ICB | BOB ICB

Get Involved | BOB ICB

Board Papers | BOB ICB

Vaccines | BOB ICB

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

March 2025

February 2025

NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

Title / URL	Issues
Cost of Living Survey \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/news/posts/bob-icb-news/november/cost-of-living-survey/	5
August \| 2022 \| News \| BOB ICB \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/news/?year=2022&month=8	5
News \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/news/?page=13	5
July \| 2022 \| News \| BOB ICB \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/news/?year=2022&month=7	5
News \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/news/?page=2	5
Our Board & Leadership \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/our-board-leadership/	5
February \| 2023 \| News \| BOB ICB \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/news/?year=2023&month=2	5
Get Involved \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/get-involved/	5
Board Papers \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/board-meetings/board-papers/	5
Vaccines \| BOB ICBwww.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/vaccines/	5

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