The Royal Mint | Auction Consignment

Investment Calculator | The Royal Mint

Buy UK Gold, Silver & Platinum Coins & Bars | The Royal Mint

Diversify

Gold for Pensions | The Royal Mint

Wealth Management | The Royal Mint

Baby | The Royal Mint

Business Investments | The Royal Mint

Literature Coins | The Royal Mint

FAQs | The Royal Mint

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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	The Royal Mint \| Auction Consignmentwww.royalmint.com/collect/auction/consignments/	9
	Investment Calculator \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/invest/investment-calculator/	2
	Buy UK Gold, Silver & Platinum Coins & Bars \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/invest/	2
	Diversifywww.royalmint.com/invest/diversify/	2
	Gold for Pensions \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/invest/gold-for-pensions/	1
	Wealth Management \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/invest/wealth-management/	1
	Baby \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/gifts/baby/	1
	Business Investments \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/invest/business-investments/	1
	Literature Coins \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/shop/commemorative/literature/	1
	FAQs \| The Royal Mintwww.royalmint.com/faqs/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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