Graduate & Professional Studies | PLNU

Undergraduate Student Support | PLNU

Graduate Programs List | Master's and Doctorate Degrees | PLNU

Graduate, Professional & Accelerated Undergraduate Student Financial Services | PLNU

Early Career MBA | PLNU | PLNU

Undergraduate Visit | Schedule a Tour | PLNU

University Advancement: Help Students Succeed | PLNU

Undergraduate Admissions | PLNU

Offices | Point Loma Nazarene University

Schools, Departments & Colleges | Point Loma Nazarene University

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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Title / URL	Issues
Graduate & Professional Studies \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/graduate-studies-admissions	2
Undergraduate Student Support \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/undergraduate/student-support	2
Graduate Programs List \| Master's and Doctorate Degrees \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/graduate-studies/programs	2
Graduate, Professional & Accelerated Undergraduate Student Financial Services \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/graduate-studies/programs/financial-aid	2
Early Career MBA \| PLNU \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/graduate-studies/programs/early-career-mba	2
Undergraduate Visit \| Schedule a Tour \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/undergraduate/visit	1
University Advancement: Help Students Succeed \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/give	1
Undergraduate Admissions \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/undergraduate/admissions	1
Offices \| Point Loma Nazarene Universitywww.pointloma.edu/offices	1
Schools, Departments & Colleges \| Point Loma Nazarene Universitywww.pointloma.edu/schools-departments-colleges	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Point Loma Nazarene University

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