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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Owen O
Owen O
3,737 Points
Posted by Owen O
Owen O
3,737 Points

why can't i get past step 4?

Is there something wrong with the button?

<input type = "text" id = "name" name = "user_name">
  <textarea id = "comment" name = "user_comment">
  <button> Submit Comment </button>
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action = "index.html" method = "post">
      <input type = "text" id = "name" name = "user_name">
      <textarea id = "comment" name = "user_comment">
      <button type = "submit"> Submit Comment </button>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

It actually shouldn't have let you pass step 3. Your button syntax is fine. You just forgot to close off your textarea tags.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action = "index.html" method = "post">
      <input type = "text" id = "name" name = "user_name">
      <textarea id = "comment" name = "user_comment"></textarea>
                                                     <!-- ^ Right Here -->
      <button type = "submit"> Submit Comment </button>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

It doesn't show up here, but notice in the challenge area how your closing tags for form, body, and html are all a different shade of gray and have a red line underneath them? Like this:

That usually indicates a missed closing tag somewhere.