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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
6,052 Points

add the following options t the select menu, Red, Yellow,Purple, Blue, Green and Orange.

set their value attributes to the same words, but in all lowercase

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"></select>
      <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>
wuworkshop
wuworkshop
3,429 Points

Not quite sure what your question is. Could you elaborate?

4 Answers

Albert Rubio
Albert Rubio
4,833 Points
Albert Rubio
Albert Rubio
4,833 Points

you have a repeating closing tag for <select> i.e. </select> </select>.

Brett Cole
Brett Cole
10,181 Points
Brett Cole
Brett Cole
10,181 Points

if you look back thru the forums this question was already answered

leo homssi
leo homssi
5,111 Points
leo homssi
leo homssi
5,111 Points

<!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">
  <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>

Brodie Capel
Brodie Capel
16,365 Points
Brodie Capel
Brodie Capel
16,365 Points

which is what you have done, if you are getting an error can you let us know what it is?