Contact

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Case Studies Archive - The Society of Merchant Venturers

The Society of Merchant Venturers' historical timeline

Journey to the Motherland

News Articles Archive - Page 2 of 14 - The Society of Merchant Venturers

Charitable Giving

"Ladies' Mile" book reprinted nearly 50 years on

Misfits Theatre Company - staying active and socialising online during lockdown

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Contactwww.merchantventurers.com/contact/	5
Page not found - The Society of Merchant Venturerswww.merchantventurers.com/invented-url-for-404-page	2
FAQwww.merchantventurers.com/faqs/	1
Case Studies Archive - The Society of Merchant Venturerswww.merchantventurers.com/case-studies/	1
The Society of Merchant Venturers' historical timelinewww.merchantventurers.com/about-us/history/timeline/	1
Journey to the Motherlandwww.merchantventurers.com/news/journey-to-the-motherland/	1
News Articles Archive - Page 2 of 14 - The Society of Merchant Venturerswww.merchantventurers.com/news/page/2/	1
Charitable Givingwww.merchantventurers.com/our-impact/charitable-giving/	1
"Ladies' Mile" book reprinted nearly 50 years onwww.merchantventurers.com/news/ladies-mile-book/	1
Misfits Theatre Company - staying active and socialising online during lockdownwww.merchantventurers.com/case-studies/misfits-theatre/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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