Alumni | University of Detroit Mercy

Wellness & Well-Being | University of Detroit Mercy

Faculty & Staff Giving | University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit Mercy Underworld | University of Detroit Mercy

Corporate and Foundation Relations | University of Detroit Mercy

Academics | University of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy Home Page | University of Detroit Mercy

Gifts and Donations: one-time, annual or planned gifts | University of Detroit Mercy

Location, Maps and Directions | University of Detroit Mercy

Student Life | University of Detroit Mercy

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
Alumni \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/alumni/index.php	1
Wellness & Well-Being \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/health/index.php	1
Faculty & Staff Giving \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/giving/fac-staff.php	1
Detroit Mercy Underworld \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/giving/underworld	1
Corporate and Foundation Relations \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/giving/cfr/index.php	1
Academics \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/academics/index.php	1
University of Detroit Mercy Home Page \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/	1
Gifts and Donations: one-time, annual or planned gifts \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/giving/index.php	1
Location, Maps and Directions \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/about/location.php	1
Student Life \| University of Detroit Mercywww.udmercy.edu/life/index.php	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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