Documents - One Devon

Supporting Access Archives - One Devon

Gastrointestinal system Archives - One Devon

Oncology Archives - One Devon

Other reports Archives - One Devon

Gender Pay Gap Archives - One Devon

Eye Archives - One Devon

Reports and Papers Archives - One Devon

Annual Report Archives - One Devon

Surgery Archives - One Devon

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 2024

May 2024

NHS Devon ICB

Title / URL	Issues
Documents - One Devononedevon.org.uk/documents/	8
Supporting Access Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/supporting-access/	1
Gastrointestinal system Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/scg-gastrointestinal-system/	1
Oncology Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/oncology/	1
Other reports Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/other-reports/	1
Gender Pay Gap Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/gender-pay-gap/	1
Eye Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/eye/	1
Reports and Papers Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/reports-and-papers/	1
Annual Report Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/annual-report/	1
Surgery Archives - One Devononedevon.org.uk/downloads/surgery/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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