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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Dakota Marcinak
Dakota Marcinak
8,384 Points

button placement

how is this not correct? i put the button in the form right?

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>
      <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>

        <button>Place Order</button>

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

The "select" element just before the button is missing an ending tag.

Once you fix that, the system might give you a better hint about what's left to do.

Jeffrey Howard
Jeffrey Howard
18,173 Points
Jeffrey Howard
Jeffrey Howard
18,173 Points

Hi Dakota,

To add to Steven's recommendations, you also need to add the type attribute to your button. For example <button type="submit">Place Order</button>.

Good job though and Happy coding!