Web Development
Web Developer Guidelines
Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 1.11 - JavaScript

JavaScript has not been used for form submission

WCAG 1.0 Priority 1

WCAG Guideline 6. Ensure that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully.

Forms are used on web pages to provide user choices back to the server, either for collecting information by the web site or allowing the user to tailor the contents of the web page to their needs. JavaScript has the functionality to submit forms to the server. Where the user has disabled JavaScript or for technologies which do not recognize JavaScript, this functionality will not work.

Requirement

Forms must not be submitted using JavaScript.

Recommendation

Use the standard HTML form mechanisms for submitting HTML forms.

Checking Tool

  • Internet Explorer - AIS toolbar: IE Options > Toggle JavaScript
  • Firefox - Web Developer's Toolbar: Disable > JavaScript > All JavaScript

Information Source

The original source of this information is located on the W3C web site  (www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-scripts)

 

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