Library - UMass Boston

404 - UMass Boston

Athletics - UMass Boston

Home - UMass Boston

Veterans - UMass Boston

Facts & Figures - UMass Boston

Recreation - UMass Boston

Core Facilities - UMass Boston

Parents - UMass Boston

Orientation & New Students - UMass Boston

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 Massachusetts Boston

	Title / URL	Issues
	Library - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/library/	2
	404 - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
	Athletics - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/athletics/	1
	Home - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/	1
	Veterans - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/admissions/veterans/	1
	Facts & Figures - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/about/facts--figures/	1
	Recreation - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/athletics/recreation/	1
	Core Facilities - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/core-facilities/	1
	Parents - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/admissions/parents/	1
	Orientation & New Students - UMass Bostonwww.umb.edu/orientation/	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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