Form Landmark

A form landmark identifies a region that contains a collection of items and objects that, as a whole, combine to create a form when no other named landmark is appropriate (e.g. main or search).

ARIA 1.2 Specification: form landmark

Design Patterns

• Use the search landmark instead of the form landmark when the form is used for search functionality.
• A form landmark should have a label to help users understand the purpose of the form.
• A label for the form landmark should be identified using aria-labelledby to visible heading element (e.g. an h1-h6) or legend element.
• If a page includes more than one form landmark, each should have a unique label.
• Whenever possible, controls contained in a form landmark in an HTML document should use native host semantics:
  • button
  • input
  • select
  • textarea
• Use the form landmark to identify a region of the page; do not use it to identify every form field.