Check my area | In My Area | Severn Trent Water

Find a plumber | In My Area | Severn Trent Water

My water quality | My Supply | Severn Trent Water

Blocked drains | Waste water | My Supply | Severn Trent Water

Overview | Building and Developing | Severn Trent Water

How to report a death | My Account | Severn Trent Water

Login | Severn Trent Water

Our Visitor Sites | Severn Trent Water

Planned Improvements | In My Area | Severn Trent Water

Reporting River Pollution | In My Area | Severn Trent Water

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Check my area \| In My Area \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/check-my-area/	2
Find a plumber \| In My Area \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/find-a-plumber/	1
My water quality \| My Supply \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/my-supply/water-quality/	1
Blocked drains \| Waste water \| My Supply \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/my-supply/waste-water/blocked-drains/	1
Overview \| Building and Developing \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/building-and-developing/overview/	1
How to report a death \| My Account \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/my-account/how-to-report-a-death/	1
Login \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/login/	1
Our Visitor Sites \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/our-visitor-sites/	1
Planned Improvements \| In My Area \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/planned-improvements/	1
Reporting River Pollution \| In My Area \| Severn Trent Waterwww.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/reporting-river-pollution/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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