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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Sahmad Nakumbe
Sahmad Nakumbe
3,423 Points

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

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index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">
        <label for="color">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>

      </select>

      <h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The label should be placed just before the select instead of inside it.

Select elements should have nothing inside them other than "option" and "optgroup" elements.