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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points
Posted by Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points

Can anyone help?

The question wants me to add a label to the select element, but I'm not sure if it wants me to add either a label element or a optgroup element. I've tried both ways but with no luck.

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>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>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

You need to tell the label what it's for, otherwise it's just a label floating around. The 'for' is equal to the id of your tag.

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