Resources for Current Students | The University of Scranton

Office of the Registrar | Academics | The University of Scranton

Campus Contacts | About Us | The University of Scranton

Jesuit Tradition | About Us | The University of Scranton

Alumni | The University of Scranton

Form | Advancement | The University of Scranton

Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Professions Program

Page Not Found | The University of Scranton

University of Scranton | Home

Scranton - The Electric City | About Us | The University of Scranton

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
	Resources for Current Students \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/current-students.shtml	2
	Office of the Registrar \| Academics \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/academics/registrar/index.shtml	1
	Campus Contacts \| About Us \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/about/campus-contacts.shtml	1
	Jesuit Tradition \| About Us \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/about/jesuit-tradition/index.shtml	1
	Alumni \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/alumni/index.shtml	1
	Form \| Advancement \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/advancement/form/index.shtml	1
	Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Professions Programwww.scranton.edu/academics/pre-med/index.shtml	1
	Page Not Found \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	University of Scranton \| Homewww.scranton.edu/	1
	Scranton - The Electric City \| About Us \| The University of Scrantonwww.scranton.edu/about/location.shtml	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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