Data - University of Illinois System

President's Office - University of Illinois System

Illinois Innovation Network - University of Illinois System

System Initiatives - University of Illinois System

Economic Impact - University of Illinois System

Research & Innovation - University of Illinois System

Illinois Freedom of Information Act - University of Illinois System

Online Courses Catalogue - University of Illinois System

About the System - University of Illinois System

Alumni - University of Illinois System

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

June 2025

May 2025

University of Illinois

	Title / URL	Issues
	Data - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/data	1
	President's Office - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/president	1
	Illinois Innovation Network - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/about/iin	1
	System Initiatives - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/initiatives	1
	Economic Impact - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/economic	1
	Research & Innovation - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/research	1
	Illinois Freedom of Information Act - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/erc/foia	1
	Online Courses Catalogue - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/online	1
	About the System - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/about	1
	Alumni - University of Illinois Systemwww.uillinois.edu/alumni	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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