Masters funding overview | University of Leeds

Around Campus | University of Leeds

Who studied here? | University of Leeds

Campus directory | University of Leeds

Postgraduate online events | University of Leeds

Privacy and cookies | University of Leeds

Postgraduate fairs | University of Leeds

Leeds Alumni Book Club | University of Leeds

Alumni | University of Leeds

Accessibility | University of Leeds

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 Leeds

Title / URL	Issues
Masters funding overview \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/masters-funding	1
Around Campus \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/around-campus	1
Who studied here? \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/alumni-community/doc/who-studied-here	1
Campus directory \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/campus-directory	1
Postgraduate online events \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/postgraduate-online-events	1
Privacy and cookies \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/privacy	1
Postgraduate fairs \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/masters/doc/postgraduate-fairs	1
Leeds Alumni Book Club \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/alumni-community/doc/book-club	1
Alumni \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/alumni	1
Accessibility \| University of Leedswww.leeds.ac.uk/about/doc/accessibility-statement	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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