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HTML HTML Forms Text Areas and Selects

Eric Wullenbaecker
Eric Wullenbaecker
1,715 Points

My Essay Area does not show. Is something wrong with my code?

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang=β€œen”>
 <head>
  <meta charset=β€œutf-8”>
  <title>My Page</title>
 </head>
<body>
    <form action="#" method="POST" name="my_form">
        <input type="text" name="username"><br>
        <input type="password" name="password"><br>
        <input type="radio" name="gender" value="Male">Male<br>
        <input type="radio" name="gender" value="Female">Female<br>
        <input type="checkbox" name="foods" value="Grapes">Grapes<br>
        <input type="checkbox" name="foods" value="Apples">Apples<br>
        <input type="checkbox" name="foods" value="Bananas">Bananas<br

        <textarea name="essay" rows="10" cols="30"></textarea>


        <input type="submit" value="Continue">
    </form>
 </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

You don't close your line break tag after "Bananas".