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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create Radio Buttons

Zeeshan Dawood
Zeeshan Dawood
7,210 Points
Posted by Zeeshan Dawood
Zeeshan Dawood
7,210 Points

I'm not understanding why the console will not accept my code

What am I missing?

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

         <label>Shirt Size:</label>
        <input type="radio" id="small" value="small" name="shirt_size">
          <input type="radio" id="medium" value="medium" name="shirt_size">
          <input type="radio" id="large" value="large" name="shirt_size">
      </select>



      <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points
Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

Your select tag should end after the last option tag. The select is the dropdown and so it should end after you've entered all the options. You cannot have that label or those radio buttons or anything else inside a drop-down, hence why you're getting that error.