Speech Communication Degree | Public Speaking |UMHB

Undergraduate Admissions | University of Mary Hardin Baylor

About UMHB | University of Mary Hardin Baylor

Major in English | Earn Your English Degree at UMHB

News and Events from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

404 That's embarrassing!

Physical Education Degree| Coaching degree| certificate in coaching | UMHB

Major in Biology at UMHB | Biology Degree

Alumni

undergraduate | graduate | doctoral degrees | academics | University of Mary Hardin Baylor

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
	Speech Communication Degree \| Public Speaking \|UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/speech	2
	Undergraduate Admissions \| University of Mary Hardin Baylorwww.umhb.edu/admissions/home	2
	About UMHB \| University of Mary Hardin Baylorwww.umhb.edu/about/home	2
	Major in English \| Earn Your English Degree at UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/english	2
	News and Events from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylorwww.umhb.edu/news	2
	404 That's embarrassing!www.umhb.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
	Physical Education Degree\| Coaching degree\| certificate in coaching \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/coaching	2
	Major in Biology at UMHB \| Biology Degreewww.umhb.edu/programs/biology	2
	Alumniwww.umhb.edu/alumni/home	2
	undergraduate \| graduate \| doctoral degrees \| academics \| University of Mary Hardin Baylorwww.umhb.edu/programs	2

Ensure form controls have labels

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