Browse all of Shopify’s products & features - Shopify

Shopify Order Management & Delivery - Shopify

Ecommerce Marketing Blog - Ecommerce News, Online Store Tips and More - Shopify

Shopify Plus Platform | Scalable Commerce Software & Solutions - Shopify

Financial tools built for merchants | Shopify Finance - Shopify

Shopify for enterprise - Shopify

Shopify Analytics and Reporting Dashboards - Shopify

Shopify Checkout: The Best-Converting Ecommerce Checkout - Shopify

Buy a Domain Name - Domain Name Search & Registration - Shopify

Manage your business: Orders, shipping, payments, analytics - Shopify

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

January 2026

December 2025

Shopify Inc.

	Title / URL	Issues
	Browse all of Shopify’s products & features - Shopifywww.shopify.com/products	7
	Shopify Order Management & Delivery - Shopifywww.shopify.com/orders	4
	Ecommerce Marketing Blog - Ecommerce News, Online Store Tips and More - Shopifywww.shopify.com/blog	3
	Shopify Plus Platform \| Scalable Commerce Software & Solutions - Shopifywww.shopify.com/plus	3
	Financial tools built for merchants \| Shopify Finance - Shopifywww.shopify.com/finance	3
	Shopify for enterprise - Shopifywww.shopify.com/enterprise	3
	Shopify Analytics and Reporting Dashboards - Shopifywww.shopify.com/analytics	3
	Shopify Checkout: The Best-Converting Ecommerce Checkout - Shopifywww.shopify.com/checkout	3
	Buy a Domain Name - Domain Name Search & Registration - Shopifywww.shopify.com/domains	3
	Manage your business: Orders, shipping, payments, analytics - Shopifywww.shopify.com/manage	3

Ensure form controls have labels

Shopify Inc.

Where this issue has occurred