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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by David O'Neal
David O'Neal
8,896 Points

I believe I have encountered a bug. Any help?

My issue is with the <optgroup label="Shirt Color:"></optgroup> question. I've written this inside the select element. For some reason it's not registering that i've answered it correctly.

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">
       <optgroup label="Shirt Color:">
      <option value="red">Red</option>
      <option value="yellow">Yellow</option>      
        <option value="purple">Purple</option>
        <option value="green">Green</option>
          <option value="orange">Orange</option>
        </optgroup>
           </select>

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Sean Manners
Sean Manners
14,816 Points
Sean Manners
Sean Manners
14,816 Points

Hello!

<!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="green">Green</option>
         <option value="orange">Orange</option>

      </select>

      <button type="submit">Place Order</button>

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

You won't need to set an option group with a label, but rather set a label for the color ID. I can't quite recall if the challenge asks you to set it in the Select element, or for it though. Likely a mix-up with the wording, wouldn't be the first I've seen.