Form auto-submits when tabbing Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

This input control submits the form when the user tabs out of it.

Help

Keyboard users tab between form fields, so auto-submitting when tabbing changes focus makes it impossible to complete the form.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F9 (Success Criteria: 3.2.5 level AAA)
• WCAG 2.1 F9 (Success Criteria: 3.2.5 level AAA)
• WCAG 2.2 F9 (Success Criteria: 3.2.5 level AAA)

Change history

• 6.47 Dec 2022 Improved event handler detection.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F9-1