Service Search Results | Solent NHS

Tell us | Solent NHS

Solent NHS Trust - search our services

Our stories | Solent NHS

Search Results | Solent NHS

Service Results | Solent NHS

Logo | Solent NHS

2020 | News | Solent | Solent NHS

2022 | Blogs | Solent NHS | Solent NHS

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 2024

May 2024

Solent NHS Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Service Search Results \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/service-search-results/	3
Tell us \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/tell-us/	3
Solent NHS Trust - search our serviceswww.solent.nhs.uk/our-services/service-search/	3
Our stories \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/our-stories/	3
Search Results \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/search-results/	3
Service Results \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/service-results/	2
Logo \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/logo/	2
2020 \| News \| Solent \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/our-stories/news/?year=2020	2
2022 \| Blogs \| Solent NHS \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/our-stories/blogs/?year=2022	2
Service Results \| Solent NHSwww.solent.nhs.uk/service-results?service=Adults%20Southampton	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Solent NHS Trust

Where this issue has occurred