Contact South East London Mind

Our people | South East London Mind

Governance | South East London Mind

MindCare Dementia Training | South East London Mind

Who we are | South East London Mind

Leave a Gift in Your Will | South East London Mind

Bromley Mental Health | South East London Mind

Lambeth Mental Health | South East London Mind

Greenwich Mental Health | South East London Mind

South East London Mind | mental health and dementia services

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

December 2025

November 2025

South East London Mind

	Title / URL	Issues
	Contact South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/contact/	8
	Our people \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/about-us/our-people/	3
	Governance \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/about-us/governance/	3
	MindCare Dementia Training \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/dementia-training/	3
	Who we are \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/	3
	Leave a Gift in Your Will \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/donate/will-legacy/	3
	Bromley Mental Health \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/bromley-mental-health/	3
	Lambeth Mental Health \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/lambeth-mental-health/	3
	Greenwich Mental Health \| South East London Mindselmind.org.uk/greenwich-mental-health/	3
	South East London Mind \| mental health and dementia servicesselmind.org.uk/	3

Ensure form controls have labels

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