label
without control
Accessibility Checkpoint
Description
label
elements should be attached to the controls they label.
Help
Add a FOR attribute set to the ID of the associated control, or wrap the LABEL round the associated control, or use a different element if this isn’t a control label.
Applicable standards
- WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
- WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
- WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
- Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.
Change history
- 5.36 Jan 2020 Removed - unlabeled controls detected by another rule, and this fired even if all controls had labels.
- 3.0 Dec 2008 Now triggers WCAG2 issue.
- 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.
This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.
Rule ID: AccWcag1-12.4.1