Hastings Borough Council's online services

Council tax information

Collection day lookup waste in Hastings

Tree preservation orders in Hastings

Benefits calculator

Archaeological sites and monuments | Hastings Borough Council

Hastings Borough Council's Environmental Health service

Arts and culture in Hastings

New Homes

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

September 2025

August 2025

Hastings Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Hastings Borough Council's online serviceswww.hastings.gov.uk/servicelist/	2
Council tax informationwww.hastings.gov.uk/council-tax/info/	2
Collection day lookup waste in Hastingswww.hastings.gov.uk/waste_recycling/lookup/	2
Tree preservation orders in Hastingswww.hastings.gov.uk/planning/advice/trees/	1
Benefits calculatorwww.hastings.gov.uk/benefits/calculator/	1
Archaeological sites and monuments \| Hastings Borough Councilwww.hastings.gov.uk/conservation/arch/	1
Hastings Borough Council's Environmental Health servicewww.hastings.gov.uk/environmentalhealth/	1
Arts and culture in Hastingswww.hastings.gov.uk/arts-culture	1
Hastings Borough Council's Environmental Health servicewww.hastings.gov.uk/environmentalhealth	1
New Homeswww.hastings.gov.uk/new-homes	1

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