Our strategy | Weir | Weir

Investor information about the Weir Group | Weir

The Weir Group | Engineered Solutions For Industrial Markets | Weir

Our stories | Weir | Weir

Get up-to-date news from the Weir Group | Weir

First time visit: View without clicking anything

404 Error Page | Weir

About Weir | Weir | Weir

Our locations - The Weir Group | Weir

Our values | Weir | Weir

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>
```

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Our strategy \| Weir \| Weirwww.global.weir/about-weir/our-strategy/	6
	Investor information about the Weir Group \| Weirwww.global.weir/investors/	6
	The Weir Group \| Engineered Solutions For Industrial Markets \| Weirwww.global.weir/	4
	Our stories \| Weir \| Weirwww.global.weir/our-stories/	4
	Get up-to-date news from the Weir Group \| Weirwww.global.weir/newsroom/global-news/	4
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.global.weir/	4
	404 Error Page \| Weirwww.global.weir/invented-url-for-404-page/	3
	About Weir \| Weir \| Weirwww.global.weir/about-weir/	3
	Our locations - The Weir Group \| Weirwww.global.weir/locations/	3
	Our values \| Weir \| Weirwww.global.weir/about-weir/our-values/	3

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