Norfolk Southern Company Store | Norfolk Southern

LMIS Login

Shipping Tools | Norfolk Southern

Contact Us | Norfolk Southern

Intermodal | Shipping Options | Norfolk Southern

Newsroom | Norfolk Southern

Transportation Terms | Norfolk Southern

Become a Supplier | Suppliers | Norfolk Southern

Industrial Development | Norfolk Southern

Policies | Suppliers | Norfolk Southern

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

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Title / URL	Issues
Norfolk Southern Company Store \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/ns-store.html	2
LMIS Loginwww.nscorp.com/mech0000/login.lmis	2
Shipping Tools \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/shipping-tools.html	1
Contact Us \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/contact-us.html	1
Intermodal \| Shipping Options \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/shipping-options/intermodal.html	1
Newsroom \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/news.html	1
Transportation Terms \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/transportation-terms.html	1
Become a Supplier \| Suppliers \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/suppliers/become-a-supplier.html	1
Industrial Development \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/industrial-development.html	1
Policies \| Suppliers \| Norfolk Southernwww.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/suppliers/our-policies.html	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Norfolk Southern Corp.

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