sp-field-label

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Overview

An <sp-field-label> provides accessible labelling for form elements. Use the for attribute to outline the id of an element in the same DOM tree to which it should associate itself. Field labels give context to information that a user needs to input and are commonly used in forms to provide users with clear guidance about what information is required.

Usage

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yarn add @spectrum-web-components/field-label

Import the side effectful registration of <sp-field-label> via:

import '@spectrum-web-components/field-label/sp-field-label.js';

When looking to leverage the FieldLabel base class as a type and/or for extension purposes, do so via:

import { FieldLabel } from '@spectrum-web-components/field-label';

Anatomy

Field labels can be associated with form elements by using the for attribute, which should reference the id of the related input element.

<sp-field-label for="email">Email address</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield id="email" placeholder="user@adobe.com"></sp-textfield>

Field labels can also be used to label a group of related inputs:

<sp-field-label for="account-type">Account type</sp-field-label>
<sp-radio-group id="account-type">
    <sp-radio value="admin">Admin</sp-radio>
    <sp-radio value="member" checked>Member</sp-radio>
    <sp-radio value="guest">Guest</sp-radio>
</sp-radio-group>

Options

Sizes

Small 
<sp-field-label for="lifestory-0" size="s">Life Story (Small)</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your life story"
    id="lifestory-0"
    size="s"
></sp-textfield>
 Medium 
<sp-field-label for="lifestory-1" size="m">Life Story (Medium)</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your life story"
    id="lifestory-1"
    size="m"
></sp-textfield>
 Large 
<sp-field-label for="lifestory-2" size="l">Life Story (Large)</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your life story"
    id="lifestory-2"
    size="l"
></sp-textfield>
 Extra Large 
<sp-field-label for="lifestory-3" size="xl">
    Life Story (Extra Large)
</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your life story"
    id="lifestory-3"
    size="xl"
></sp-textfield>

Label Position

Field labels can be positioned either on top of an input (default) or to the side of an input. The top position is recommended for most cases as it works better with long text, localization, and responsive layouts.

Using the side-aligned attribute will display the <sp-field-label> element inline with surrounding elements and the start and end values outline the alignment of the label text in the width specified.

Top (Default) 
<sp-field-label for="country-top">Country</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield placeholder="Enter your country" id="country-top"></sp-textfield>
 Side (Start Aligned)

Use side-aligned="start" to display the <sp-field-label> inline and to align the label text to the "start" of the flow of text:

<sp-field-label for="lifestory-1" side-aligned="start" style="width: 120px">
    Life Story
</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your life story"
    id="lifestory-1"
></sp-textfield>
<br />
<br />
<sp-field-label
    for="birth-place-1"
    side-aligned="start"
    required
    style="width: 120px"
>
    Birthplace
</sp-field-label>
<sp-picker id="birth-place-1">
    <span slot="label">Choose a location:</span>
    <sp-menu-item>Istanbul</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>London</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Maputo</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Melbourne</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>New York</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>San Francisco</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Santiago</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Tokyo</sp-menu-item>
</sp-picker>
 Side (End Aligned)

Use side-aligned="end" to display the <sp-field-label> inline and to align the label text to the "end" of the flow of text:

<sp-field-label
    for="lifestory-2"
    side-aligned="end"
    required
    style="width: 120px"
>
    Life Story
</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your life story"
    id="lifestory-2"
></sp-textfield>
<br />
<br />
<sp-field-label for="birth-place-2" side-aligned="end" style="width: 120px">
    Birthplace
</sp-field-label>
<sp-picker id="birth-place-2">
    <span slot="label">Choose a location:</span>
    <sp-menu-item>Istanbul</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>London</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Maputo</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Melbourne</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>New York</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>San Francisco</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Santiago</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Tokyo</sp-menu-item>
</sp-picker>

Necessity Indicator

Field labels can indicate whether an input is required or optional. By default, required fields are marked with an asterisk icon.

Required (Icon) 
<sp-field-label for="name-required" required>Full name</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your full name"
    id="name-required"
    required
></sp-textfield>
 Optional (Text) 
<sp-field-label for="description-optional">
    Profile description (optional)
</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter a description"
    id="description-optional"
></sp-textfield>

States

Disabled

When the associated input field is disabled, the field label should also be disabled.

<sp-field-label for="disabled-field" disabled>Country</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your country"
    id="disabled-field"
    disabled
></sp-textfield>

Behaviors

Text Overflow

When a field label is too long for the available horizontal space, it wraps to form another line.

<sp-field-label for="seminar-field" style="max-width: 200px">
    What you're hoping to learn from the seminar and any specific topics you'd
    like covered
</sp-field-label>
<sp-textfield
    placeholder="Enter your expectations"
    id="seminar-field"
></sp-textfield>

Accessibility

Always include a label

Every input should have a label. An input without a label is ambiguous and not accessible. In rare cases where context is sufficient and an accessibility expert has reviewed the design, the label could be visually hidden but should still include an aria-label in HTML.

Ensure proper association

The for attribute of the field label should match the id attribute of the associated input element to ensure proper association for screen readers and other assistive technologies.

Keep labels concise

Use a short, descriptive label (1-3 words) for the information that users need to provide. Supplementary information or requirements should be shown in help text below the field, not in the label.

Use sentence case

Following Adobe's UX writing style, field labels should be written in sentence case unless they contain words that are branded terms.

Don't add a colon at the end of a field label

The design of the component already communicates the relationship between the label and the input field, so a colon is unnecessary.

Mark only required or only optional fields, not both

In a single form, mark only the required fields or only the optional fields, depending on whichever is less frequent in the entire form. This reduces visual noise and makes the form easier to understand.

Attributes and Properties

Property Attribute Type Default Description disabled disabled boolean false for for string '' id id string '' required required boolean false sideAligned side-aligned 'start' | 'end' | undefined

Slots

Name Description default slot text content of the label

Patch Changes

  • #5271 165a904 Thanks @renovate! - Remove unnecessary system theme references to reduce complexity for components that don't need the additional mapping layer.

  • Updated dependencies []:

    • @spectrum-web-components/icon@1.5.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/icons-ui@1.5.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/base@1.5.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/reactive-controllers@1.5.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/shared@1.5.0

1.4.0

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies []:
    • @spectrum-web-components/icon@1.4.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/icons-ui@1.4.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/base@1.4.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/reactive-controllers@1.4.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/shared@1.4.0

1.3.0

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies [ea38ef0]:
    • @spectrum-web-components/reactive-controllers@1.3.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/icon@1.3.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/icons-ui@1.3.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/base@1.3.0
    • @spectrum-web-components/shared@1.3.0

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See Conventional Commits for commit guidelines.

1.2.0 (2025-02-27)

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1.1.2 (2025-02-12)

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1.1.1 (2025-01-29)

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1.1.0 (2025-01-29)

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  • lock prerelease versions for Spectrum CSS (#5014) (8aa7734)

1.0.3 (2024-12-09)

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1.0.1 (2024-11-11)

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1.0.0 (2024-10-31)

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0.49.0 (2024-10-15)

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0.43.0 (2024-06-11)

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0.42.1 (2024-04-02)

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0.42.0 (2024-03-19)

Features

  • asset: use core tokens (99e76f4)

0.41.2 (2024-03-05)

Bug Fixes

  • picker: support inline labeling of quiet Picker (#3704) (3372286)

0.41.1 (2024-02-22)

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0.41.0 (2024-02-13)

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0.40.2 (2023-12-18)

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0.40.0 (2023-11-16)

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0.39.4 (2023-11-02)

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  • support numeric IDs when resolving elements (f62bf0d)

0.39.3 (2023-10-18)

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0.39.2 (2023-10-13)

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0.39.0 (2023-09-25)

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0.38.0 (2023-09-05)

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0.37.0 (2023-08-18)

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0.35.0 (2023-07-31)

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0.34.0 (2023-07-11)

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  • picker: correct label application for screen readers (8ce0cb0)

0.33.2 (2023-06-14)

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0.33.0 (2023-06-08)

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0.32.0 (2023-06-01)

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  • slider: use spectrum-tokens (8b1e72c)

0.31.0 (2023-05-17)

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0.30.0 (2023-05-03)

Bug Fixes

  • add "editable" option to "sp-slider" (e86d7fa)
  • allow sp-dropdown to accept focus visibly from sp-field-label (134bafc)
  • field-label: do not assume a target is available and surface t-shirt sizing (c5daead)
  • move property management into update or willUpdate (f66069f)
  • remove usage where deprecated (387db3b)
  • update export patterns (b2da444)
  • update to latest spectrum-css packages (a5ca19f)

Features

  • action-button: add action button pattern (03ac00a)
  • add t-shirt sizing to the Radio pattern (fc49343)
  • adopt DNA@7 base Spectrum CSS (e08cafd)
  • field-label: add field label pattern (2fa7c7e)
  • field-label: update spectrum css input (80a993d)
  • field-label: use core tokens (8db7ac4)
  • icons-workflow: vend fully registered icon components (941f3a4)
  • include all Dev Mode files in side effects (f70817c)
  • picker: process field-label content for more accurate a11y tree (dc9df54)
  • shared pkg versions, devmode define warning, registry-conflicts docs (6e49565)
  • tabs: add sp-tab-panel element (b17d276)
  • use latest exports specification (a7ecf4b)

0.10.10 (2023-04-24)

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0.10.9 (2023-04-05)

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0.10.0 (2022-10-28)

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0.9.1 (2022-10-17)

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0.9.0 (2022-10-10)

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  • add t-shirt sizing to the Radio pattern (fc49343)

0.8.0 (2022-08-09)

Features

  • include all Dev Mode files in side effects (f70817c)

0.7.14 (2022-08-04)

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0.7.10 (2022-05-27)

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0.7.9 (2022-05-12)

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  • move property management into update or willUpdate (f66069f)

0.7.8 (2022-04-21)

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0.7.7 (2022-03-30)

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0.7.6 (2022-03-08)

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0.7.5 (2022-03-04)

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0.7.2 (2022-01-07)

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0.7.1 (2021-12-13)

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0.7.0 (2021-11-08)

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0.6.1 (2021-11-08)

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0.6.0 (2021-11-02)

Features

  • adopt DNA@7 base Spectrum CSS (e08cafd)

0.5.9 (2021-10-12)

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0.5.8 (2021-09-20)

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0.5.7 (2021-09-13)

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0.5.6 (2021-08-24)

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0.5.5 (2021-08-17)

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  • add "editable" option to "sp-slider" (e86d7fa)

0.5.4 (2021-08-03)

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0.5.3 (2021-07-22)

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0.5.2 (2021-07-01)

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0.5.1 (2021-06-16)

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0.5.0 (2021-05-24)

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  • tabs: add sp-tab-panel element (b17d276)

0.4.5 (2021-05-12)

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0.4.4 (2021-04-15)

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0.4.3 (2021-04-09)

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0.4.2 (2021-03-29)

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0.4.1 (2021-03-22)

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0.4.0 (2021-03-22)

Bug Fixes

  • remove usage where deprecated (387db3b)

Features

  • picker: process field-label content for more accurate a11y tree (dc9df54)

0.3.1 (2021-03-05)

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0.3.0 (2021-03-04)

Features

  • use latest exports specification (a7ecf4b)

0.2.3 (2021-02-11)

Bug Fixes

  • update to latest spectrum-css packages (a5ca19f)

0.2.2 (2021-02-02)

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0.2.1 (2021-01-28)

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0.2.0 (2021-01-21)

Bug Fixes

  • field-label: do not assume a target is available and surface t-shirt sizing (c5daead)
  • allow sp-dropdown to accept focus visibly from sp-field-label (134bafc)
  • update export patterns (b2da444)

Features

  • action-button: add action button pattern (03ac00a)
  • field-label: add field label pattern (2fa7c7e)
  • field-label: update spectrum css input (80a993d)
  • icons-workflow: vend fully registered icon components (941f3a4)

0.1.0 (2021-01-13)

Bug Fixes

  • allow sp-dropdown to accept focus visibly from sp-field-label (134bafc)
  • update export patterns (b2da444)

Features

  • action-button: add action button pattern (03ac00a)
  • field-label: add field label pattern (2fa7c7e)
  • field-label: update spectrum css input (80a993d)
  • icons-workflow: vend fully registered icon components (941f3a4)