Department of Public Defense | Iowa.gov

First time visit: View without clicking anything

About Alignment | Iowa.gov

Disaster Resources | Iowa.gov

Federal Assistance | Iowa.gov

Disaster Recovery Temporary Housing Program (DRTHP) | Iowa.gov

Transportation Guides | Iowa.gov

How To Guides | Iowa.gov

Topics | Iowa.gov

File for Unemployment | Iowa.gov

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

March 2025

February 2025

State of Iowa

Title / URL	Issues
Department of Public Defense \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/public-defense	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.iowa.gov/	1
About Alignment \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/about-alignment	1
Disaster Resources \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/disaster-resources	1
Federal Assistance \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/federal-assistance-0	1
Disaster Recovery Temporary Housing Program (DRTHP) \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/state-iowa-assistance-0	1
Transportation Guides \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/transportation-guides	1
How To Guides \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/how-to-guides	1
Topics \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/topics	1
File for Unemployment \| Iowa.govwww.iowa.gov/how-do-i-file-unemployment	1

Add a submit button to all forms

State of Iowa

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