RCC Library Services

Home of the Ospreys

Dental Assistant

High School Partnerships

Virtual Student Center

Alpha Zeta Pi

Admissions and Recruitment Steps to get Started

Paying for College

Rogue Community College

RCC Guided Pathways

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

December 2024

November 2024

Title / URL	Issues
RCC Library Serviceswww.roguecc.edu/library/	2
Home of the Ospreyswww.roguecc.edu/athletics/	1
Dental Assistantwww.roguecc.edu/dept/AHO/dental.asp	1
High School Partnershipswww.roguecc.edu/HSP/	1
Virtual Student Centerwww.roguecc.edu/VSC/	1
Alpha Zeta Piwww.roguecc.edu/studentLife/AZP.asp	1
Admissions and Recruitment Steps to get Startedwww.roguecc.edu/Recruitment/	1
Paying for Collegewww.roguecc.edu/aboutRCC/payForCollege.asp	1
Rogue Community Collegeroguecc.edu/	1
RCC Guided Pathwayswww.roguecc.edu/guidedPathways/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Rogue Community College

Where this issue has occurred