Special Programs | Sunnyvale ISD

Wellness | Sunnyvale ISD

Required Postings | Sunnyvale ISD

Business Office | Sunnyvale ISD

Transportation | Sunnyvale ISD

Board of Trustees | Sunnyvale ISD

Enrolling in SISD | Sunnyvale ISD

Operations | Sunnyvale ISD

About Us | Sunnyvale ISD

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

August 2025

July 2025

Sunnyvale ISD

Title / URL	Issues
Special Programs \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/special-programs	12
Wellness \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/o/sisd/page/wellness	7
Required Postings \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/required-postings	7
Business Office \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/business-office	5
Transportation \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/transportation	5
Board of Trustees \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/board-of-trustees	4
Enrolling in SISD \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/enrolling-in-sisd	3
Operations \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/operations	3
About Us \| Sunnyvale ISDwww.sunnyvaleisd.com/page/about-us	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Sunnyvale ISD

Where this issue has occurred