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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by John Groves
John Groves
3,916 Points

Something wrong with submit button

I can't see what's wrong with this code but it keeps telling me I need to add a submit button within the form.

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">
        <label>Shirt Color</label>
         <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>

2 Answers

Julie Myers
Julie Myers
7,627 Points
Julie Myers
Julie Myers
7,627 Points

Try this submit button instead:

<input type="submit" value="Submit">
John Groves
John Groves
3,916 Points
John Groves
John Groves
3,916 Points

Thanks Julie. I tried that one but have just noticed I lost the select closing tag somewhere along the way. :( Still - it's good to have people willing to chip in ideas. Thanks again. John