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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Beau Delfosse
Beau Delfosse
9,135 Points
Posted by Beau Delfosse
Beau Delfosse
9,135 Points

What is wrong in my option elements ?

I really dont see it, pls help me

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>
      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">
        <option>red</option>
        <option>yellow</option>
        <option>purple</option>
        <option>blue</option>
        <option>green</option>
        <option>orange</option>
      </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

Hi Beau,

You're actually on the right track, your option element is missing the value attribute, though. I will show you one to help you get on the right track, from there you should be able to knock out the rest:

<option value="red">Red</option>