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Sally Gradle
24,694 PointsChoosing Options, Stage Three Add Submit Button
The instruction for the challenge is, "Add a submit button with the text Place Order." I get an error that I need to add the button within the form. I think I have done that??
<!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 type="submit">Place Order</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Alexander Costa
11,464 PointsYeah, they ask for you to set up a lot of opening tags without closing them. I have gotten into the habit of immediately closing a tag before adding anything.
1 Answer
Alexander Costa
11,464 PointsHey Sally!
You forgot to close your select tag!
So you did it correctly you just forgot to finish your selection list.
Sally Gradle
24,694 PointsSally Gradle
24,694 PointsGAH! Thanks. It's weird that I didn't get an error for that earlier. The very first step is to create the select tag.