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Shinfield Ward by-election results | Wokingham

Emerging Local Plan Update

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Social media house rules

Cost of living help for pensioners

Births, Deaths and Ceremonies | Wokingham

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

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Wokingham Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Data sets and open datawww.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/open-data-and-transparency/data-sets-and-open-data?field_media_asset_browser_target_id=102	1
	Council and meetings \| Wokinghamwww.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings	1
	Shinfield Ward by-election results \| Wokinghamwww.wokingham.gov.uk/news/2024/shinfield-ward-election-results	1
	Emerging Local Plan Updatewww.wokingham.gov.uk/planning-policy/emerging-local-plan-update	1
	Complaintswww.wokingham.gov.uk/contact-us/complaints-and-compliments	1
	News \| Wokinghamwww.wokingham.gov.uk/news?page=7	1
	Social media house ruleswww.wokingham.gov.uk/social-media-house-rules	1
	Cost of living help for pensionerswww.wokingham.gov.uk/cost-living/cost-living-help-pensioners	1
	Births, Deaths and Ceremonies \| Wokinghamwww.wokingham.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-ceremonies	1
	News \| Wokinghamwww.wokingham.gov.uk/news?page=0	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Wokingham Council

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