Pima County, AZ | Official Website

Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) | Pima County, AZ

Government | Pima County, AZ

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Report a Concern | Pima County, AZ

Supervisor Rex Scott, Chair District 1 | Pima County, AZ

Health | Pima County, AZ

I Need Assistance | Pima County, AZ

Services | Pima County, AZ

I want to Get Involved | Pima County, AZ

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

May 2025

April 2025

Pima County, Arizona

Title / URL	Issues
Pima County, AZ \| Official Websitewww.pima.gov/	1
Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/2233/Pima-Animal-Care-Center-PACC	1
Government \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/27/Government	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.pima.gov/	1
Report a Concern \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/2749/Report-a-Concern	1
Supervisor Rex Scott, Chair District 1 \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/2503/Supervisor-Rex-Scott-District-1	1
Health \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/2031/Health	1
I Need Assistance \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/2788/I-Need-Assistance	1
Services \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/172/Services	1
I want to Get Involved \| Pima County, AZwww.pima.gov/2786/I-want-to-Get-Involved	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Pima County, Arizona

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