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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Chris Mitchell
Chris Mitchell
3,011 Points
Posted by Chris Mitchell
Chris Mitchell
3,011 Points

can someone help me with my code

whats wrong

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>

      <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>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points
Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points

Hi!

You capitalized colors which need quotes around the words like...

<option value="yellow">"Yellow"</option>