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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Tami Demayo
Tami Demayo
1,766 Points

Shirt Order Form Challenge Task 4

When I preview the button, it displays correctly, but I get a "Bummer" message saying the button type must be "submit". It is, though.

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>
      </select>

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

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

don graham
don graham
13,789 Points
don graham
don graham
13,789 Points

The error message is correct. You must use the button element's type attribute and assign it a value of submit.

<button type="submit">Place Order</button>
Tami Demayo
Tami Demayo
1,766 Points
Tami Demayo
Tami Demayo
1,766 Points

Thanks---I just noticed I used "id" instead of "type".