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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Posted by MUZ140735 Prosper Poshayi
MUZ140735 Prosper Poshayi
4,835 Points

how do i fix this

where em i going wrong here?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Forms</title>



<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>

3 Answers

Christopher van Ruitenbeek
Christopher van Ruitenbeek
13,705 Points
Christopher van Ruitenbeek
Christopher van Ruitenbeek
13,705 Points

Close your <textarea> using the </textarea> tag (before the button).

MUZ140735 Prosper Poshayi
MUZ140735 Prosper Poshayi
4,835 Points
MUZ140735 Prosper Poshayi
MUZ140735 Prosper Poshayi
4,835 Points

i didn't get you Christopher

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi,

You look to be missing the closing textarea tag. You have:

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

You'll need:

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

Hope that helps :)

-Rich