Staff and student news | The University of Edinburgh

Sport | The University of Edinburgh

Study | The University of Edinburgh

Alumni profiles | The University of Edinburgh

Gifts in wills | The University of Edinburgh

Services and support | The University of Edinburgh

Museums and galleries | The University of Edinburgh

Performance Sport | The University of Edinburgh

Data Matters | The University of Edinburgh

Lecture series | The University of Edinburgh

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
Staff and student news \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/news/staff-students	1
Sport \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/sport	1
Study \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/studying	1
Alumni profiles \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/alumni/services/profiles	1
Gifts in wills \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/giving/legacy-giving	1
Services and support \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/staff/services-support	1
Museums and galleries \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/visit/museums-galleries	1
Performance Sport \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/sport/performance-sport	1
Data Matters \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/staff/data-matters	1
Lecture series \| The University of Edinburghwww.ed.ac.uk/events/lecture-series	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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