Media Release – Torres Shire Council

Torres Shire Business Directory – Torres Shire Council

Council Meeting Agendas – Torres Shire Council

Rates – Torres Shire Council

Council Meetings – Torres Shire Council

Shire Origins – Torres Shire Council

Employment – Torres Shire Council

Rates Category Menu – Torres Shire Council

Thursday Island – Torres Shire Council

Mayor – Torres Shire Council

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

July 2025

June 2025

Torres Shire Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Media Release – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/media-release	6
	Torres Shire Business Directory – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council-facilities/home	6
	Council Meeting Agendas – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council-meeting-agenda	6
	Rates – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/rates	6
	Council Meetings – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/council-meetings	6
	Shire Origins – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/about-the-shire/shire-origins	6
	Employment – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/employment	6
	Rates Category Menu – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/rates/rating-categories-menu	6
	Thursday Island – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council-facilities/thursday-island	6
	Mayor – Torres Shire Councilwww.torres.qld.gov.au/council/elected-members/mayor	6

Ensure form controls have labels

Torres Shire Council

Where this issue has occurred