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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

niki nedoroski
niki nedoroski
1,630 Points
Posted by niki nedoroski
niki nedoroski
1,630 Points

Not sure why this isn't working I copied it exactly from my workspace and it was functional in the workspace

Not sure why this isn't working I copied it exactly from my workspace and it was functional in the workspace

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

   </form>

  </body>
</html>
Aaron Wise
Aaron Wise
7,517 Points
Aaron Wise
Aaron Wise
7,517 Points

Sometimes the Workspace can be a little funky I know its happened to me a couple times. It looks like you're missing a closing select tag </select> !

1 Answer

Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer

I think that you are simply just missing a closing tag for your select element, just before the button.

<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>
       </select> <!-- Missing closing tag -->
       <button type="submit">Place Order</button>