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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

uvaldo Vergara
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uvaldo Vergara
Courses Plus Student 3,132 Points
Posted by uvaldo Vergara
uvaldo Vergara
Courses Plus Student 3,132 Points

Add a label element to the select menu with the text "Shirt Color:"

Add a label element to the select menu with the text "Shirt Color:"

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="shirt color">shirt color:</label>
      <select id="color" name="shirt_color".>
        <optgroup 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>
      </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Tim Makin
Tim Makin
17,261 Points
Tim Makin
Tim Makin
17,261 Points

Hi, the <label>'s for attribute needs to be the id of the element that it's referring to, so in this instance it needs to be "color" as the <select> elements Id is "color".

Additionally, there is also an extra full stop at the end of the <select> element and part of an <optgroup> tag that needs removing, so in the end it will look like this:

<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>
    </form>

Hope this helps.

Silenhlanhla Sibanda
Silenhlanhla Sibanda
3,352 Points

Thanks! It worked

Mustafa Kasim
Mustafa Kasim
1,938 Points

Is there a reason why you have the "label for" above the "select id"? Task 1 is adding the select element, and Task 3 is adding the label element? So wouldn't make sense put "select id" above "label for"?