Flexibility Meetings | Wexford County Council

Events Management | Wexford County Council

Co. Wexford Wetland Survey | Wexford County Council

Maps Gallery | Wexford County Council

Tenant Handbook | Wexford County Council

Agents Portal | Wexford County Council

Contact Us | Wexford County Council

What's on in my Library? | Wexford County Council

Business | Wexford County Council

Non-Use Declaration | Wexford County Council

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

Wexford County Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Flexibility Meetings \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/planning/preplanning/flexibility-meetings	1
	Events Management \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/events-management	1
	Co. Wexford Wetland Survey \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/news/2023/08/31/co-wexford-wetland-survey	1
	Maps Gallery \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/maps/maps-gallery	1
	Tenant Handbook \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/housing/council-tenants/tenant-handbook	1
	Agents Portal \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/agents-portal	1
	Contact Us \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/contact-us	1
	What's on in my Library? \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/libraries/whats-on-in-my-library	1
	Business \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/business	1
	Non-Use Declaration \| Wexford County Councilwww.wexfordcoco.ie/motor-tax/non-use-declaration	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Wexford County Council

Where this issue has occurred