Disallow labels associated with multiple controls

Rule ID:
multiple-labeled-controls
Category:
Accessibility
Standards:
  • WCAG 2.2 (A)
  • WCAG 2.1 (A)
  • WCAG 2.0 (A)

<label> can only be associated with a single control at once. It should either wrap a single labelable control or use the for attribute to reference the control.

Rule details

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

<label>
  <input type="text">
  <input type="text">
</label>
error: <label> is associated with multiple controls (multiple-labeled-controls) at inline:1:2:
> 1 | <label>
    |  ^^^^^
  2 |   <input type="text">
  3 |   <input type="text">
  4 | </label>


1 error found.


<label for="bar">
  <input type="text" id="foo">
</label>
<input type="text" id="bar">
error: <label> is associated with multiple controls (multiple-labeled-controls) at inline:1:2:
> 1 | <label for="bar">
    |  ^^^^^
  2 |   <input type="text" id="foo">
  3 | </label>
  4 | <input type="text" id="bar">


1 error found.

Examples of correct code for this rule:

<label>
  <input type="text">
</label>

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