Your career at Orange | Orange

Scientific Council | Orange

Board of Directors: duties and members | Orange

Orange, a multi-service operator in Africa and the Middle East | Orange

Cyberdefense: guardians of the network | Orange

Non-financial information | Orange

Orange in the world | Orange

Consolidated results | Orange

The Orange story: a commitment that spans the ages | Orange

Who are we? | Orange

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

August 2025

July 2025

Orange

Title / URL	Issues
Your career at Orange \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/your-career-at-orange	2
Scientific Council \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/group/overview/scientific-council	1
Board of Directors: duties and members \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/group/governance/board-of-directors	1
Orange, a multi-service operator in Africa and the Middle East \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/africa-and-middle-east	1
Cyberdefense: guardians of the network \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/group/our-activities/cybersecurity	1
Non-financial information \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/non-financial-information	1
Orange in the world \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/orange-world	1
Consolidated results \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/finance/investors/consolidated-results	1
The Orange story: a commitment that spans the ages \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/orange-story-commitment-spans-ages	1
Who are we? \| Orangewww.orange.com/en/group/overview/orange-group	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Orange

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