Pre Law Major | UMHB

Chemistry | Chemistry major | Chemistry degree | UMHB

History Major | Degree in History | UMHB

Finance | Degree in Financing | UMHB

Parents

Business Administration | BBA | Bachelors in Business Administration | UMHB

Major in Economics | Degree in Economics | UMHB

home - Student Life

Bachelor of Science in Nursing | Nursing Major | bsn degree | UMHB

Christian University in Texas | UMHB

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

June 2025

May 2025

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Title / URL	Issues
Pre Law Major \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/pre-law	2
Chemistry \| Chemistry major \| Chemistry degree \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/chemistry	2
History Major \| Degree in History \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/history	2
Finance \| Degree in Financing \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/finance	2
Parentswww.umhb.edu/parents	2
Business Administration \| BBA \| Bachelors in Business Administration \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/business	2
Major in Economics \| Degree in Economics \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/economics	2
home - Student Lifewww.umhb.edu/students/home	2
Bachelor of Science in Nursing \| Nursing Major \| bsn degree \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/programs/nursing	2
Christian University in Texas \| UMHBwww.umhb.edu/	2

Ensure form controls have labels

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Where this issue has occurred