Continuing Education | University of South Dakota

Signature Programs | University of South Dakota

About | University of South Dakota

Graduate Programs | University of South Dakota

Colleges & Schools | University of South Dakota

Academic Calendars | University of South Dakota

USD – Online | University of South Dakota

Page Not Found | University of South Dakota

At a Glance | University of South Dakota

Mission & History | University of South Dakota

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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May 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Continuing Education \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/Academics/Continuing-Education	1
Signature Programs \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/Academics/Signature-Programs	1
About \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/About	1
Graduate Programs \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/Academics/Graduate-Programs	1
Colleges & Schools \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/Academics/Colleges-and-Schools	1
Academic Calendars \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/Academics/Academic-Calendars	1
USD – Online \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/Academics/USD-Online	1
Page Not Found \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/404	1
At a Glance \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/About/At-a-Glance	1
Mission & History \| University of South Dakotawww.usd.edu/About/Mission-and-History	1

Add a submit button to all forms

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