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Forms

This page describes the requirements for coding forms on the EERE Web site. Forms are used to gather information from a user.

All form controls should have text labels adjacent to them and should use the label and id html attributes to associate the text label with the input field.

Example: 

<label for="SSN">Social Security Number:</label>
<input type=text name="SocSecNum" id="SSN">
or
<label>Date of birth: <input type=text name="DofB"></label>

For more information, see WebAim's article on creating accessible forms.