Policies | Rooftop Housing | Building better homes

Leadership | Rooftop Housing Group

Reports | Rooftop Housing Group | Building better homes

Contact Us | Rooftop Housing

Moving In Guidance | Rooftop Housing Group

Request a repair guidance | Rooftop Housing Group

Asbestos Guidance | Rooftop Housing Group

Garages | Rooftop Housing

Strategies

Keeping you safe | Rooftop Housing Group

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

February 2025

January 2025

Rooftop Homes Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Policies \| Rooftop Housing \| Building better homeswww.rooftopgroup.org/about/reports-and-policies/policies	2
Leadership \| Rooftop Housing Groupwww.rooftopgroup.org/about/about-us/leadership	2
Reports \| Rooftop Housing Group \| Building better homeswww.rooftopgroup.org/about/reports-and-policies/reports	2
Contact Us \| Rooftop Housingwww.rooftopgroup.org/contact-us	2
Moving In Guidance \| Rooftop Housing Groupwww.rooftopgroup.org/manage-your-home/your-tenancy/moving-in	2
Request a repair guidance \| Rooftop Housing Groupwww.rooftopgroup.org/manage-your-home/manage/request-a-repair	2
Asbestos Guidance \| Rooftop Housing Groupwww.rooftopgroup.org/manage-your-home/specific-guidance/asbestos	2
Garages \| Rooftop Housingwww.rooftopgroup.org/manage-your-home/your-tenancy/garages	2
Strategieswww.rooftopgroup.org/about/reports-and-policies/strategies	2
Keeping you safe \| Rooftop Housing Groupwww.rooftopgroup.org/manage-your-home/manage/keeping-you-safe	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred