Witham Housing Association

Purpose built Housing Association property block for elderly in Witham | Witham Housing Association

Job Opportunity | Witham Housing Association

See our ethos to provide affordable housing to older people | Witham Housing Association

Providing affordable sheltered housing for older people in Witham Essex.

The Mission and Values of Essex Housing Association | Witham Housing Association

Available properties | Witham Housing Association

About us | Witham Housing Association

Privacy Policy | Witham Housing Association

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

Witham Housing Association Limited

Title / URL	Issues
Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/contact	1
Purpose built Housing Association property block for elderly in Witham \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/property/podsbrook-house	1
Job Opportunity \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/job-opportunity	1
See our ethos to provide affordable housing to older people \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/our-ethos	1
Providing affordable sheltered housing for older people in Witham Essex.www.withamha.com/	1
The Mission and Values of Essex Housing Association \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/mission-and-values	1
Available properties \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/property/available-properties	1
About us \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/team	1
Privacy Policy \| Witham Housing Associationwww.withamha.com/privacy-policy	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Witham Housing Association Limited

Where this issue has occurred