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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Sayuri Tanioka
Sayuri Tanioka
832 Points

I wrote a correct html code for the Submit Button but it's giving me an error.

I wrote a correct html code for the Submit Button as per the training video, however it is giving me an error that says that I *need to add a button element within the form." Am I doing this wrong? Thank you in advance for your help!

<!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

William Laub
William Laub
7,793 Points

It looks like you need to close the 

<select>

tag before your button.

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Its also a little bad indented.

Sayuri Tanioka
Sayuri Tanioka
832 Points
Sayuri Tanioka
Sayuri Tanioka
832 Points

William Laub Konrad Pilch Thank you so much!!!