Landlord checklist - Residential Tenancies Board

Approved housing bodies - Residential Tenancies Board

Agreement templates - Residential Tenancies Board

Disputes process - Residential Tenancies Board

Security deposits - Residential Tenancies Board

Registration account support - Residential Tenancies Board

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Disputes - Residential Tenancies Board

Register a tenancy - Residential Tenancies Board

Tenant checklist - Residential Tenancies Board

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

Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)

	Title / URL	Issues
	Landlord checklist - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/renting/beginning-a-tenancy/landlord-checklist/	1
	Approved housing bodies - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/renting/types-of-tenancies/approved-housing-bodies/	1
	Agreement templates - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/renting/beginning-a-tenancy/agreement-templates/	1
	Disputes process - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/disputes/disputes-process/	1
	Security deposits - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/renting/rights-responsibilities/security-deposits/	1
	Registration account support - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/register-tenancies/registration-account-support/	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingrtb.ie/	1
	Disputes - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/disputes/	1
	Register a tenancy - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/register-tenancies/register-a-tenancy/	1
	Tenant checklist - Residential Tenancies Boardrtb.ie/renting/beginning-a-tenancy/tenant-checklist/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)

Where this issue has occurred