Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Tati Belikova
Tati Belikova
14,117 Points

Challenge doesnt accept the right code/ Stuck. help.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body> <form action="index.html" method="post"> <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name"> <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment">

    <button type="submit">"Submit Comment"</button>
</form>

</body> </html>

I have tried to submit different versions like :

1) button type="submit" "Submit Comment" button 2) button type="submit" Submit Comment button 3) button Submit Comment button 4) button "Submit Comment" button

5 Answers

Emily Young
Emily Young
18,258 Points

What error message do you get?

Tati Belikova
Tati Belikova
14,117 Points

Emily, it says "Bummer! You need to add a button element inside the form element." but as you can see button tag is inside form element

Emily Young
Emily Young
18,258 Points

You were nearly there but you don't need the quotes.

Example:

<button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

Tati Belikova
Tati Belikova
14,117 Points

I have tried without quotes and with. doesnt work

Tati Belikova
Tati Belikova
14,117 Points

Also preview window shows this with the code i wrote above http://joxi.ru/lJ2bpgeIqg7Er6

Emily Young
Emily Young
18,258 Points

Are you missing the closing head and opening body tags just before your form code?

Tati Belikova
Tati Belikova
14,117 Points

Emily, no. look at the screenshot from editor http://joxi.ru/aD2POzjiwB5Zm3

Emily Young
Emily Young
18,258 Points

I see now. You need to close the textarea.

Tati Belikova
Tati Belikova
14,117 Points

Emily, Worked!!! TA-DA! thank you lots!

Emily Young
Emily Young
18,258 Points

Ha took some debugging but we got there!