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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Manjula Chetty
Manjula Chetty
1,546 Points

How do I add a label element to the menu for shirt color?

This is what I have done:

<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="purple">purple</option>
    <option value="orange">orange</option>
    </select>

</form>

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="blue">blue</option>
        <option value="green">green</option>
        <option value="purple">purple</option>
        <option value="orange">orange</option>
        </select>
   </form>

  </body>
</html>

4 Answers

Jasen Carroll
Jasen Carroll
9,958 Points
Jasen Carroll
Jasen Carroll
9,958 Points 
<label for="shirt_color">Shirt Color:</label>

You want to make the "for" in the label match the "name" for the element you are trying to label.

Manjula Chetty
Manjula Chetty
1,546 Points

Sorry Jasen. This is not working.

Steve N. Peralta R.
Steve N. Peralta R.
31,097 Points
Steve N. Peralta R.
Steve N. Peralta R.
31,097 Points

Nope, the for attribute of the <label> tag should be equal to the id attribute of the related element to bind them together

Manjula Chetty
Manjula Chetty
1,546 Points
Manjula Chetty
Manjula Chetty
1,546 Points

Thanks Jasen. I've pasted your answer and it still doesn't work. Any other options?

Steve N. Peralta R.
Steve N. Peralta R.
31,097 Points
Steve N. Peralta R.
Steve N. Peralta R.
31,097 Points

You'd added 1 space at the start of label tag:

you wrote:

< label for="color">Shirt Color</label>

Instead of:

<label for="color">Shirt Color</label>
Jasen Carroll
Jasen Carroll
9,958 Points
Jasen Carroll
Jasen Carroll
9,958 Points 
<label for="color">Shirt Color:
      <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="purple">purple</option>
        <option value="orange">orange</option>
        </select>
</label>

Try placing the closing label tag at the end of all of the options.