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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by lennycastaneda
lennycastaneda
Courses Plus Student 13,312 Points

Added submit button, but is not compiling--- wrong answer, what am I missing?

To the challeng task: Add a submit button it is coming out wrong saying I need to add a <button>...please help.

<!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 value="green">Green</option>
    <option value="orange">Orange</option>

    <button type="submit">Place Order</button>

</form>

</body> </html>

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">
        <option value="red">Red</option>
        <option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
        <option value="purple">Purple</option>
        <option value="blue">Blue</option>
        <option value="green">Green</option>
        <option value="orange">Orange</option>

        <button type="submit">Place Order</button>

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points
Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points

Buttons are called submit in HTML :)

Mohamed ElTonsy
Mohamed ElTonsy
3,480 Points
Mohamed ElTonsy
Mohamed ElTonsy
3,480 Points

Hi leonard,

you only need to closed the Select Tag </Select> after the option tags