Sociology titles from University of California Press

Health titles from University of California Press

Religion titles from University of California Press

Music titles from University of California Press

Economics titles from University of California Press

History titles from University of California Press

Art titles from University of California Press

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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
Sociology titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/socmaj/sociology	3
Health titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/heamaj/health	3
Religion titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/relmaj/religion	3
Music titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/musmaj/music	3
Economics titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/ecomaj/economics	3
History titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/hismaj/history	3
Art titles from University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/discipline/artmaj/art	3
Resources - University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/resources	2
Support Us - University of California Press Foundationwww.ucpress.edu/supportus	2
About UC Press - University of California Presswww.ucpress.edu/about	2

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