Our history - Network Rail

Contact us - Network Rail

Our approach to safety - Network Rail

Privacy notice - Network Rail

The timetable - Network Rail

Our regions - Network Rail

Running the railway - Network Rail

Careers - Network Rail

Communities - Network Rail

Transparency and ethics - Network Rail

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

June 2025

May 2025

Network Rail

Title / URL	Issues
Our history - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our-history/	8
Contact us - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/communities/contact-us	8
Our approach to safety - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our-approach-to-safety/	8
Privacy notice - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/footer/privacy-notice/	8
The timetable - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/the-timetable/	8
Our regions - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-regions/	8
Running the railway - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/	8
Careers - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/careers/	8
Communities - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/communities/	8
Transparency and ethics - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/	8

Add a submit button to all forms

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