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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Jesse Salazar
Jesse Salazar
308 Points
Posted by Jesse Salazar
Jesse Salazar
308 Points

Add a submit button with the text "Place Order". Can i get help with this code?

I need help with this

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>

      <label for="color">Shirt Color:</label>
      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">
        <button type="button">Place order</button>  
        <option value="red">Red</option>
        <option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
        <option value="purple">Purple</option>
        <option value="blue">Blue</option>
        <option vaule="green">Green</option>
        <option value="orange">Orange</option>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Colton Ehrman
PLUS
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 Points
Colton Ehrman
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 Points

First off, don't forget to close the select element after the last option, and the button needs to be after the select element, because it is a separate element and not part of select. And one last thing, you need to make sure your button is a "submit" button and not a "button" button.

Samuel Sanders
Samuel Sanders
6,992 Points
Samuel Sanders
Samuel Sanders
6,992 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body>

<form action="index.html" method="post">
  <h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>
  <label for="color">Shirt Color:</label>
  <select id="color" name="shirt_color">  
    <option value="red">Red</option>
    <option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
    <option value="purple">Purple</option>
    <option value="blue">Blue</option>
    <option vaule="green">Green</option>
    <option value="orange">Orange</option>
   </select>
   <button type="submit">Place order</button>
</form>

</body> </html>

Samuel Sanders
Samuel Sanders
6,992 Points

value nor vaule