Admission & Financial Aid | Simmons University

Registrar | Simmons University

Research | Simmons University

Connect | Simmons University

Alumnae/i Events | Simmons University

Graduate Admission | Simmons University

Alumnae/i and Friends | Simmons University

Give | Simmons University

Work at Simmons | Simmons University

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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
Admission & Financial Aid \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/admission-financial-aid	1
Registrar \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/registrar	1
Research \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/research	1
Connect \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni/connect	1
Alumnae/i Events \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni/events	1
Graduate Admission \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/graduate/admission	1
Alumnae/i and Friends \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni	1
Give \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni/give	1
Work at Simmons \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/about/work-simmons	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.simmons.edu/	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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