Tips on buying a home

Rent to Buy

Self-build and custom house building

Help to buy

Types of housing for older people

Warm homes

Page cannot be found

Check if you're eligible for AWARM

Buying an Affordable Home

First 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

August 2025

July 2025

Wigan Housing

	Title / URL	Issues
	Tips on buying a homewww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Tips-on-buying-a-home.aspx	1
	Rent to Buywww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Rent-to-Buy.aspx	1
	Self-build and custom house buildingwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Custom-self-build/index.aspx	1
	Help to buywww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Help-to-buy.aspx	1
	Types of housing for older peoplewww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Homes-for-older-people/index.aspx	1
	Warm homeswww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Warm-homes/Index.aspx	1
	Page cannot be foundwww.wigan.gov.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Check if you're eligible for AWARMwww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Warm-homes/AWARM-Plus-Eligibility.aspx	1
	Buying an Affordable Homewww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/Buying-an-Affordable-Home.aspx	1
	First homeswww.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Housing/Buying/First-Homes.aspx	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Wigan Housing

Where this issue has occurred