Advanced Academics | SAN ANTONIO

Enroll Now | SAN ANTONIO

Schools | SAN ANTONIO

STEM | SAN ANTONIO

Athletics | SAN ANTONIO

Community Education | SAN ANTONIO

Breakfast | SAN ANTONIO

Special Diets | SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO ISD | Home

LOTC | SAN ANTONIO

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

San Antonio ISD

	Title / URL	Issues
	Advanced Academics \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/advanced-academics	9
	Enroll Now \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/o/saisd/page/enroll-now	9
	Schools \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/schools	6
	STEM \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/stem	5
	Athletics \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/athletics	4
	Community Education \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/community-education	3
	Breakfast \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/breakfast	1
	Special Diets \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/special-diets	1
	SAN ANTONIO ISD \| Homewww.saisd.net/	1
	LOTC \| SAN ANTONIOwww.saisd.net/page/lotc	1

Ensure form controls have labels

San Antonio ISD

Where this issue has occurred