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HTML HTML Forms Organizing Forms Add Labels

Posted by Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

Create a label with a for attribute that matches the input element's ID. Between the label tags, write the text "Name:".

Question or test, inconsistent, relevant but unsubstantiated Logical.

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index.html 
<!DOCTYPE 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"></textarea>
      <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>
      <label>for=">Name:</label>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
3,801 Points

Your HTML contains some syntax errors. You have <!DOCTYPE html> added twice. More importantly for the question, your label is incorrect.

The question asks us to:

Create a label with a for attribute that matches the input element's ID

We can see that the ID for the input element is 'name':

<input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">

We then need to create a label with a for="name" attribute:

<label for="name"></label>

The next part of the question asks:

Between the label tags, write the text "Name:"

We can simply add this inside of the label element:

<label for="name">Name:</label>

It might also be best to put your label before the input element. The full code should look similar to the following:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <label for="name">Name:</label>
      <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
      <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
      <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

Great explanation, Mark. I have chosen your answer as Best Answer. Ary, in the future, it's encouraged to select a Best Answer if you feel another member of the community has adequately addressed your question and provided you with a solution that helps solve your problem, this awards that user with some bonus points, and it also lets other members of the community, who might be facing the same or similar issues, know that there is an answer contained within this thread.

Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

code original inconsistent , thank you