Monaco | Wealth Management and Asset Services | Pictet

Paris | France | Asset and Wealth Management | Pictet

Basel | Wealth Management and Asset Services | Pictet

Madrid | Spain | Asset and Wealth Management | Pictet

Tokyo | Japan | Asset Management | Pictet

Munich | Germany | Wealth Management | Pictet

Pictet US | Leading European independent investment firm

Rome | Italy | Wealth Management | The Pictet Group

The Pictet Partners and our Partnership Model | Pictet

The Pictet Group

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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Pictet Group

	Title / URL	Issues
	Monaco \| Wealth Management and Asset Services \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/monaco	1
	Paris \| France \| Asset and Wealth Management \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/paris	1
	Basel \| Wealth Management and Asset Services \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/basel	1
	Madrid \| Spain \| Asset and Wealth Management \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/madrid	1
	Tokyo \| Japan \| Asset Management \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/tokyo	1
	Munich \| Germany \| Wealth Management \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/munich	1
	Pictet US \| Leading European independent investment firmwww.pictet.com/us/en	1
	Rome \| Italy \| Wealth Management \| The Pictet Groupwww.pictet.com/us/en/offices/rome	1
	The Pictet Partners and our Partnership Model \| Pictetwww.pictet.com/us/en/about/partners	1
	The Pictet Groupwww.pictet.com/us/en/about	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Pictet Group

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