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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
3,608 Points
Posted by Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
3,608 Points

Add a label element to the select menu with the text "Shirt Color:"

Hi please help me, I don't know want are they asking me to do...

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">
        <label>Shirt Color</label>
        <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>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

4 Answers

Saskia Lund
Saskia Lund
5,673 Points
Saskia Lund
Saskia Lund
5,673 Points

Yes, you need to place the label tags and their content OUTSIDE of the select area :)

Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward
8,978 Points
Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward
8,978 Points

This is the correct answer:

 <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 = "blue">Blue</option>
        <option value = "green">Green</option>
        <option value = "orange">Orange</option>

      </select>
    </form>
Saskia Lund
Saskia Lund
5,673 Points
Saskia Lund
Saskia Lund
5,673 Points

Hi! Your code is correct except for the space characters between the attributes (double check id="something" and value="something").

But there is a small typo in your challenge solution ;) You forgot the colon : after Shirt Color.

Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
3,608 Points
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
3,608 Points

Hi Saskia, It keeps saying the same:

You need to add a label for the 'color' select element.

<!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">
        <label>Shirt Color:</label>
        <option value = "red">Red</option>
        <option value = "yellow">Yellow</option>
        <option value = "blue">Blue</option>
        <option value = "green">Green</option>
        <option value = "orange">Orange</option>

      </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>