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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create Checkboxes

Posted by Melvyn Little III
Melvyn Little III
6,634 Points

can some1 please point my mistake out please?

i cant seem to find my mistake. i dont know where i went wrong.

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>
      </select>
      <label>Shirt Size:</label>
      <input type="radio" id="small" value="small" name="shirt_size"><label for="small">Small</label><br>
      <input type="radio" id="medium" value="medium" name="shirt_size"><label for="medium">Medium</label><br>
      <input type="radio" id="large" value="large" name="shirt_size"><label for="large">Large</label><br>

      <label>Shipping:</label>

      <input type="checkbox" id="shipping" value="fast_shipping"
      name="user_shirt size"><label class="light" for="fast_shipping">Fast Shipping</label>
   <input type= "checkbox"id="newsletter" value="subscribe" name="user_shirt size">
      <label class="light" for= "subscribe">Subcribe</label>
      <input type = "checkbox" id="newsletter" value="subscribe" name= "user_shirt size">
      <label class="light" for="subscribe"> Subscribe to Newsletter</label><br>


    <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Use the radio buttons as an example for the completed code. Here is the checkbox for shipping:

 <input type="checkbox" id="shipping" value="fast_shipping"><label for="shipping">Fast Shipping</label><br>
Melvyn Little III
Melvyn Little III
6,634 Points

i keep getting this "Bummer: You need to add a <label> element with its "for" attribute set to "newsletter" within the <form> element." thats whats holding me back

Melvyn Little III
Melvyn Little III
6,634 Points
Melvyn Little III
Melvyn Little III
6,634 Points

thank yu!!!