Library | California State University Monterey Bay

Academics | California State University Monterey Bay

Map and Directions | California State University Monterey Bay

Student Housing and Dining | California State University Monterey Bay

Office of Inclusive Excellence & Sustainability | California State University Monterey Bay

Financial Aid | California State University Monterey Bay

Cost and Aid | California State University Monterey Bay

Human Resources | California State University Monterey Bay

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Student Engagement and Leadership Development | California State University Monterey Bay

Forms should always contain a submit button, otherwise some people using
accessible technologies may not be able to submit the form.

Submit buttons are `<input>` elements with a type attribute of `submit` or
`image`, or `<button>` elements with type `submit`. 

## Rationale 

Many users expect to be able to press enter in a form to submit it. However,
this is not always possible.

Users of some assistive technologies may (depending on the technology) only
be able to press a button to submit the form. In the absence of a submit
button, the user may not be able to submit the form.

In addition, the absence of a submit button suggests that the form may 
provide an automatic 'change of context', i.e. major change to the user 
interface without the user choosing to do so. This can be highly disorientating
to some users.

## Further reading

See [Technique H32](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H32.html).

form-submit-required

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Title / URL	Issues
Library \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/library/	2
Academics \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/academics/	1
Map and Directions \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/map/	1
Student Housing and Dining \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/housing-dining/	1
Office of Inclusive Excellence & Sustainability \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/diversity/	1
Financial Aid \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/financialaid/	1
Cost and Aid \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/cost/	1
Human Resources \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/hr/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingcsumb.edu/	1
Student Engagement and Leadership Development \| California State University Monterey Baycsumb.edu/seld/	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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