G80: Providing a submit button to initiate a change of context

The objective of this technique is to provide a mechanism that allows users to explicitly request changes of context. Since the intended use of a submit button is to generate an HTTP request that submits data entered in a form, this is an appropriate control to use for causing a change of context and is a practice that does not create confusion for users.

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• H32: Providing submit buttons
• H84: Using a button with a select element to perform an action

Procedure

1. Find all forms in the content

2. For each form, check that it has a submit button

Expected Results

• #2 is true

If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.