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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

Button tag

having difficulty getting the final challenge correct, adding the button tag with text, but getting an error back. please help

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 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>
     <button type="submit">Place Order</button>

   </form>

  </body>
</html>
jlovellealfeche
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jlovellealfeche
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,738 Points

Hello, so far so good but seems you have forgotten to put a closing tag for the select element so you can add </select> before you put the button element and this should work. Happy coding :)

1 Answer

Hi, you have forgotten to write a </section> closing tag. Add it right before the button, and it should work. Have a nice day.