Community Centres | Poplar HARCA

Poplar HARCA

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Nursery | Poplar HARCA

Page not found | Poplar HARCA

Building safety | Poplar HARCA

Cost of living support | Poplar HARCA

Antisocial behaviour | Poplar HARCA

Leaseholders | Poplar HARCA

Repairs Responsibilities | Poplar HARCA

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

Poplar Housing And Regeneration Community Association Limited

	Title / URL	Issues
	Community Centres \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/get-involved/community-centres/	14
	Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/	5
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.poplarharca.co.uk/	5
	Nursery \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/get-involved/nursery/	4
	Page not found \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	4
	Building safety \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/your-home/building-safety/	3
	Cost of living support \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/your-home/cost-of-living/	3
	Antisocial behaviour \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/your-home/asb/	3
	Leaseholders \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/your-home/leaseholders/	3
	Repairs Responsibilities \| Poplar HARCAwww.poplarharca.co.uk/your-home/responsibilities/	3

Ensure form controls have labels

Poplar Housing And Regeneration Community Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred