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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Stephen Webster
Stephen Webster
4,759 Points

I keep getting the error that the button is not withing the form element?

Not sure what I am doing wrong here.

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>  

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

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Stephen Webster
Stephen Webster
4,759 Points
Stephen Webster
Stephen Webster
4,759 Points

I forgot to put the closing tag on the <select> element.

Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points
Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points

Try placing the button outside (or after) the form element.