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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points
Posted by Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points

After the textarea, create a button element. Between the button tags, write the text "Submit Comment".

The error reads "Bummer! You need to add a <button> element inside the <form> element.".

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action="index.html" method="post">
    <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
      <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment">
      <button>Submit Comment</button>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>
maali2
maali2
12,539 Points
maali2
maali2
12,539 Points

missing </textarea> before the <button tags <textarea>......</textarea> <button>.....</button>

Gavynn Wells
Gavynn Wells
1,610 Points

It looks like there should be some ""

<button>"Submit Comment"</button>

4 Answers

James Clodfelder
James Clodfelder
13,950 Points

I think you need to close the textarea... 

 </textarea>
Gavynn Wells
Gavynn Wells
1,610 Points
Gavynn Wells
Gavynn Wells
1,610 Points

It looks like there should be some ""

"Submit Comment"

Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points
Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points

Even with the quotation marks, the error message says that the button element needs to be inside the form element.

Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points
Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points

That worked. Thank you.