Park County Montana | Clerk & Recorder

Park County Montana | Commissioners

Park County Montana | Yellowstone Gateway Museum

Park County Montana | Park County - Home

Park County Local Advisory Council

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Park County Montana | Roads & Bridges

Park County Montana | Park County History

Associated Agencies

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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Park County, Montana

	Title / URL	Issues
	Park County Montana \| Clerk & Recorderwww.parkcounty.org/Government-Departments/Clerk-Recorder/	6
	Park County Montana \| Commissionerswww.parkcounty.org/Government-Departments/Commissioners/	6
	Park County Montana \| Yellowstone Gateway Museumwww.parkcounty.org/Yellowstone-Gateway-Museum/	6
	Park County Montana \| Park County - Homewww.parkcounty.org//	3
	Park County Montana \| Park County - Homewww.parkcounty.org/	3
	Park County Local Advisory Councilwww.parkcounty.org/Local-Advisory-Council/	3
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.parkcounty.org/	3
	Park County Montana \| Roads & Bridgeswww.parkcounty.org/Government-Departments/Roads-Bridges/	2
	Park County Montana \| Park County Historywww.parkcounty.org/History/	2
	Associated Agencieswww.parkcounty.org/Our-County/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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