Events | Parkinson's UK

Where your money goes | Parkinson's UK

Living with Parkinson's | Parkinson's UK

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Ways to give to Parkinson's UK | Parkinson's UK

Information and support | Parkinson's UK

Give in celebration | Parkinson's UK

Get involved | Parkinson's UK

Become a member | Parkinson's UK

The Parkinson's UK Nurse Appeal | Parkinson's UK

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

September 2025

August 2025

Parkinsons

	Title / URL	Issues
	Events \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/events	2
	Where your money goes \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/get-involved/where-your-money-goes	1
	Living with Parkinson's \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/living-parkinsons	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.parkinsons.org.uk/	1
	Ways to give to Parkinson's UK \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/donate/ways-give-parkinsons-uk	1
	Information and support \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support	1
	Give in celebration \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/get-involved/give-celebration	1
	Get involved \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/get-involved	1
	Become a member \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/get-involved/become-member	1
	The Parkinson's UK Nurse Appeal \| Parkinson's UKwww.parkinsons.org.uk/get-involved/parkinsons-uk-nurse-appeal	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Parkinsons

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