Careers within Finance at Orbit Group | Orbit

Careers within Corporate Services at Orbit Group | Orbit

Orbit Jobs - Housing Association & Social Housing Jobs - Orbit Group

Candidate toolkit

Benefits at Orbit Group & Orbit Homes | Orbit

Careers at Orbit Homes | Orbit

Careers within Customers and Communities at Orbit Group | Orbit

We are Orbit, a leading housing provider across England | Orbit

Career Areas at Orbit Group and Orbit Homes | Orbit

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

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Careers within Finance at Orbit Group \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/career-areas/finance/	1
Careers within Corporate Services at Orbit Group \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/career-areas/corporate-services/	1
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Orbit Jobs - Housing Association & Social Housing Jobs - Orbit Grouporbit.org.uk/careers/current-vacancies/	1
Candidate toolkitorbit.org.uk/careers/candidate-toolkit/	1
Benefits at Orbit Group & Orbit Homes \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/benefits/	1
Careers at Orbit Homes \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/career-areas/orbit-homes/	1
Careers within Customers and Communities at Orbit Group \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/career-areas/customers-and-communities/	1
We are Orbit, a leading housing provider across England \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/why-orbit/	1
Career Areas at Orbit Group and Orbit Homes \| Orbitorbit.org.uk/careers/career-areas/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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