Short-Term Programs | Tidewater Community College

Online Programs and Classes | Tidewater Community College

Transfer Programs | Tidewater Community College

Page not found | TCC.edu

Academic Career Pathways | Tidewater Community College

Support TCC Students | TCC.edu

Continuing Education Program | Tidewater Community College

College Readiness | Tidewater Community College

Pay Your College Tuition | Tidewater Community College

Visiting students | TCC.edu

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

February 2025

January 2025

Tidewater Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Short-Term Programs \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/programs/short-term-programs/	3
Online Programs and Classes \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/programs/online-programs/	3
Transfer Programs \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/programs/transfer/	3
Page not found \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Academic Career Pathways \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/programs/career-pathways/	1
Support TCC Students \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/about-tcc/educational-foundation/support-tcc-students/	1
Continuing Education Program \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/programs/professional-development/	1
College Readiness \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc-old/college-readiness/	1
Pay Your College Tuition \| Tidewater Community Collegewww.tcc.edu/paying-for-college/pay-tuition/	1
Visiting students \| TCC.eduwww.tcc.edu/come-to-tcc/visiting-students/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Tidewater Community College

Where this issue has occurred