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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Alisha Austin
Alisha Austin
5,708 Points

I placed the button within the form. What do I need to fix?

My task is to place the button within the form. I thought I did this but the code is not going through.

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="orange">Orange</option>

          <button type="place order">Place Order</button>

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hi Alisha, there are two things to fix so it'll pass. First, close off the select element, and then change the button type from place order to submit.

<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="orange">Orange</option>
      </select>    <!-- Missing closing tag -->

          <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
</form>
David Tonge
PLUS
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points
David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

It's wrong because "place order" isn't a button type.

David Tonge
PLUS
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points
David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

I didn't even notice that there wasn't a closing select tag. Good catch Dustin Matlock