Bill Clemmons, Ph.D. | PLNU

Mark A. Maddix, Ph.D. | PLNU

Kim Hogelucht, Ph.D. | PLNU

Mark Shannon | PLNU

Bobby Compton, Ph.D. | PLNU

Lindsey Lupo, Ph.D. | PLNU

Kayla Ongais | PLNU

Connor Mathisen | PLNU

Lael Corbin, M.F.A. | PLNU

Michael Lodahl, Ph.D. | PLNU

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

July 2025

June 2025

Point Loma Nazarene University

Title / URL	Issues
Bill Clemmons, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/bill-clemmons-phd	1
Mark A. Maddix, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/mark-maddix-phd	1
Kim Hogelucht, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/kim-hogelucht-phd	1
Mark Shannon \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/mark-shannon	1
Bobby Compton, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/bobby-compton-phd	1
Lindsey Lupo, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/lindsey-lupo-phd	1
Kayla Ongais \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/kayla-ongais	1
Connor Mathisen \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/connor-mathisen	1
Lael Corbin, M.F.A. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/lael-corbin-mfa	1
Michael Lodahl, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/michael-lodahl-phd	1

Add a submit button to all forms

Point Loma Nazarene University

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