Content that includes form controls.
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The objective of this technique is to provide a mechanism that allows users to explicitly request changes of context. The intended use of a submit button is to generate an HTTP request that submits data entered in a form, so it is an appropriate control to use for causing a change of context.
This is a basic example of a form with a submit button.
<form action="http://www.example.com/cgi/subscribe/" method="post"><br /> <p>Enter your e-mail address to subscribe to our mailing list.</p><br /> <label for="address">Enter email address:</label><input type="text" id="address" name="address" /> <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><br /> </form>
The following example uses a server-side script (specified in the
action
attribute) that redirects the user to the
requested page.
<form action="http://www.example.com/cgi/redirect/" method="get"><br /> <p>Navigate the site.</p><br /> <select name="dest"><br /> <option value="/index.html">Home</option/><br /> <option value="/blog/index.html">My blog</option/><br /> <option value="/tutorials/index.html">Tutorials</option/><br /> <option value="/search.html">Search</option/><br /> </select><br /> <input type="submit" value="Go to Page" /><br /> </form>
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Navigational pulldown menus in HTML by Jukka Korpela discusses a few techniques that work or do not work.
Find all forms in the content
For each form, check that it has a submit button (input type="submit")
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