WECH - Resident control in action - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Board and Committees - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Women's Fitness Session - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Property Maintenance - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Resident Services - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Newsletter - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Membership - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Car Parking - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Jobs - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

Moving home - Walterton and Elgin Community Homes

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
	WECH - Resident control in action - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/	1
	Board and Committees - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/about-wech/board-and-committees/	1
	Women's Fitness Session - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/womens-fitness-session/	1
	Property Maintenance - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/property-maintenance/	1
	Resident Services - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/resident-services/	1
	Newsletter - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/community/newsletter/	1
	Membership - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/community/membership/	1
	Car Parking - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/resident-services/car-parking/	1
	Jobs - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/about-wech/jobs/	1
	Moving home - Walterton and Elgin Community Homeswech.org.uk/resident-services/moving-home/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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