Events

News

Natural Attractions

History and Heritage

Retail Outlets and Services

Communication

Accommodation and Travel

Leisure and Recreation

Communities

Community Facilities

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

December 2025

November 2025

Outback Communities Authority

	Title / URL	Issues
	Eventswww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/events	7
	Newswww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/news-and-publications/news	7
	Natural Attractionswww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/natural-attractions	3
	History and Heritagewww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/history-and-heritage	3
	Retail Outlets and Serviceswww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/retail-outlets-and-services	3
	Communicationwww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/communication	3
	Accommodation and Travelwww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/accommodation-and-travel	3
	Leisure and Recreationwww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/leisure-and-recreation	3
	Communitieswww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/communities	3
	Community Facilitieswww.outbacksa.sa.gov.au/community-facilities	3

Ensure form controls have labels

Outback Communities Authority

Where this issue has occurred