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For a form this small, the tag is somewhat redundant
with the button, so including it is up to the developer??™s discretion; it does not affect
the functionality if left out.
Chapter 3 discussed how HTML junkies and accessibility pundits emphasize the importance
of the search box coming first in the tab index order, regardless of whether it??™s the first
link or form control on the page. To ensure that this happens, the tag for the input field in
the example includes a tabindex attribute.
Finally, a search form should always include an actual button for submission. While it is
possible to create a buttonless form that relies solely on pressing Enter to activate the
search, this is not advised. It may not be clear to users that they need to press an additional
key after typing their query. The actual button should be left as a proper HTML form
control, as shown in Figure 11-4. People are comfortable with a browser??™s default HTML
button, and deviating too far from the standard can result in confusion. (If an alternative
element like an image must be used, make sure it contains actual words??”like ???search?????”
not a nondescript arrow.

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