Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

input

Error Type

Known

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls.
Section 508
N - accessible forms
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 2
12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 2
12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls.
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
1.3 Ensure that information and structure can be separated from presentation
Success Criteria 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
1.3 Adaptable: Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example simpler layout) without losing information or structure.
Success Criteria 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
1.3 Adaptable: Create content that can be presented in different ways without losing information or structure.
Success Criteria 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A)

Requirement

All input elements, type of "text", have an explicitly associated label.

Error

input element, type of "text", missing an associated label.

Short Description

input element that contains a type attribute value of "text" must have an associated label element. An associated label is one in which the for attribute value of the label element is the same as the id attribute value of the input element.

How To Repair

Add a label element that surrounds the control's label. Set the for attribute on the label element to the same value as the id attribute of the control. And/or add a title attribute to the input element. And/or create a label element that contains the input element.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check all input elements that have a type attribute value of "text".
2. The input element must have an explicitly associated label using one or more of the following methods.
3. The input element has an id attribute value that matches the for attribute value of a label element.
4. and/or
5. The input element has a title attribute.
6. and/or
7. The input element is contained by a label element.

Expected Result

1. All input elements, with type of "text", have an explicitly associated label.

Failed Result

1. Create a label element for the input element and associate these elements using the ID and for attributes.
2. and/or
3. Add a title attribute to the input element.
4. and/or
5. Add a label element that contains the input element.

Examples

Pass Examples

input has associated label with matching for and idattributes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #57 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="http://somesite.com/prog/adduser" method="post">
<p>
<label for="firstname">First name:</label> 
<input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" tabindex="1" />
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

input does not have associated label.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #57 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="http://somesite.com/prog/adduser" method="post">
<p>
<label>First name:</label> 
<input type="text" name="firstname" tabindex="1" />
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>