2019-May-29-Board-Papers | NHS Lanarkshire

Operation FLOW | NHS Lanarkshire

About NHS Lanarkshire | NHS Lanarkshire

2020-May-27-Board-Papers | NHS Lanarkshire

Recruitment News | NHS Lanarkshire

2021-May-26-Board-Papers | NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lanarkshire

Publications | NHS Lanarkshire

2021-July-28-Board-Papers | NHS Lanarkshire

Pulse – Print Version | NHS Lanarkshire

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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January 2025

Title / URL	Issues
2019-May-29-Board-Papers \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/download/2019-may-29-board-papers/	2
Operation FLOW \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/operation-flow/	2
About NHS Lanarkshire \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/about-nhsl/	2
2020-May-27-Board-Papers \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/download/2020-may-27-board-papers/	2
Recruitment News \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/news/	2
2021-May-26-Board-Papers \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/download/2021-may-26-board-papers/	2
NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/	2
Publications \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/publications/	2
2021-July-28-Board-Papers \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/download/2021-july-28-board-papers/	2
Pulse – Print Version \| NHS Lanarkshirewww.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/download/pulse-print-version/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

NHS Lanarkshire

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