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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Nathan Gappy
Nathan Gappy
15,170 Points
Posted by Nathan Gappy
Nathan Gappy
15,170 Points

submit button

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

I have placed this tag to add a submit button.

I am receiving an error that I need to add a button element 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">
        <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>

1 Answer

Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
18,958 Points
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
18,958 Points

You forget to close the select. Right before you add the button, you should insert:

</select>