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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Erik Huang
Erik Huang
9,123 Points

Web Design Choosing Options Quiz.

I can't figure out why my script is not working. I tried it in Bracket and it works fine.

Thanks!

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>
      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">
        <optgroup label="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>
        </optgroup>
      </select>


    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Emma Willmann
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Emma Willmann
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Emma Willmann
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Emma Willmann
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Task 3 is looking for you to add a label element, not an optgroup. Your code should look like this:

    <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>      

      </select>
Erik Huang
Erik Huang
9,123 Points

Thank you.

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Erik;

Here is the order and the proper tags:

<label for="color">Shirt Color:</label>
<select id="color" name="shirt_color">
//options here
</select>

The label needs to come prior to the select tag.

Hope it helps and happy coding.

Ken

Erik Huang
Erik Huang
9,123 Points

Thank you.