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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

I keep getting an error that states the button should be inside the form but believe the code is correct. please check

<form action="index.html" method="post"> <h1>Shirt Order Form</h1> <label for="color">Shirt Color:</label> <select name="shirt_color" id="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>
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 name="shirt_color" id="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>

The action attribute is redundant if you are referring to the same file. About the submit button, would it help if you changed the button tag to a input tag?

<input type="submit" values="Place Order" />

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:point_right: It looks like you forgot the ending </select> tag after the options.

Everything else looks good.