Contact Whirlpool Corporation | Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Global Manufacturing | Whirlpool Corporation

Brand Licensing | Whirlpool Corporation

Privacy Notice – United States and Canada | Whirlpool Corporation

Global Locations | Whirlpool Corporation

Corporate Giving Guidelines | Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation History & Heritage | Whirlpool Corporation

Our Commitments | Whirlpool Corporation

Awards & Recognition | Whirlpool Corporation

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

September 2025

August 2025

Whirlpool Corp.

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Whirlpool Corporation \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/contact.html	2
404www.whirlpoolcorp.com/invented-url-for-404-page.html	1
Whirlpool Global Manufacturing \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/manufacturing.html	1
Brand Licensing \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/licensing.html	1
Privacy Notice – United States and Canada \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/privacy-policy.html	1
Global Locations \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/global-locations.html	1
Corporate Giving Guidelines \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/corporate-giving-guidelines.html	1
Whirlpool Corporation History & Heritage \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/history.html	1
Our Commitments \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/our-impact/our-commitments.html	1
Awards & Recognition \| Whirlpool Corporationwww.whirlpoolcorp.com/awards-and-recognition.html	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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