Sapphire Independent Housing. | Tenancy

advice-information

compliments-and-complaints

resident-feedback-surveys

login

key-policies

log-repairs

Sapphire Independent Housing. | Events

Sapphire Independent Housing. | 404 Page Not Found

Sapphire Independent Housing. | Ashford Road

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

June 2025

May 2025

Sapphire Independent Housing Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Sapphire Independent Housing. \| Tenancywww.sih.org/membership.php?it=residents-section/pay-rent-now/	13
advice-informationwww.sih.org/residents-section/login/advice-information/	2
compliments-and-complaintswww.sih.org/residents-section/login/compliments-and-complaints/	2
resident-feedback-surveyswww.sih.org/residents-section/login/resident-feedback-surveys/	2
loginwww.sih.org/residents-section/login/	2
key-policieswww.sih.org/residents-section/login/publications/key-policies/	2
log-repairswww.sih.org/residents-section/login/general-needs/log-repairs/	2
Sapphire Independent Housing. \| Eventswww.sih.org/news-and-events/event-posts/page4	1
Sapphire Independent Housing. \| 404 Page Not Foundwww.sih.org/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Sapphire Independent Housing. \| Ashford Roadwww.sih.org/new-homes/ashford-road/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred