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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Posted by Tajul Sharby
Tajul Sharby
3,463 Points

Challenge not working

I don't get why I can't pass this challenge D:

Bummer alert: You need to add a button tag inside the form tag

What am I doing wrong?

index.html 
<!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>Submit Comment</button>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

4 Answers

Christopher Loyd
PLUS
Christopher Loyd
Courses Plus Student 5,806 Points
Christopher Loyd
Christopher Loyd
Courses Plus Student 5,806 Points

Your textarea element isn't properly closed. It needs a /textarea tag at the end. textarea elements aren't self-closing.

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Tajul,

The textarea element requires a closing tag.

<textarea></textarea>

If you don't close the textarea then your button element becomes part of the textarea and the challenge can't find the button you've put in.

Steven Montemayor
Steven Montemayor
3,593 Points
Steven Montemayor
Steven Montemayor
3,593 Points

You need to close the "Textarea" tag. <textarea>..... </textarea>

Frederico Graciano
PLUS
Frederico Graciano
Courses Plus Student 2,768 Points
Frederico Graciano
Frederico Graciano
Courses Plus Student 2,768 Points

You need to close your textarea element

<textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>

then below the closing element textarea you put the button element tag.

should look like this:

<!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"></textarea>  <!--textarea Closed-->
      <button>Submit Comment</button>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>