GOAL Performances - Mark-free assessments from the RIAM

RIAM Opera | RIAM

Corporate Policies | RIAM

Short Courses | RIAM

Celebrating Success | RIAM

Accommodation | RIAM

News | RIAM

LC Music Technology | RIAM

adultdivision | RIAM

Junior RIAM Open Courses | RIAM

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

Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin

Title / URL	Issues
GOAL Performances - Mark-free assessments from the RIAMwww.riam.ie/riam-exams/goal-performances	2
RIAM Opera \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/riam-live/riam-opera	1
Corporate Policies \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/about/riam-policies/corporate-policies	1
Short Courses \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/short-courses?category=493	1
Celebrating Success \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/riam-exams/celebrating-success	1
Accommodation \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/student-life/accommodation	1
News \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/news?news=All&page=6	1
LC Music Technology \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/short-courses/lc-music-technology	1
adultdivision \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/adultdivision	1
Junior RIAM Open Courses \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/junior-riam-open-courses	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred