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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Textarea

Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points
Posted by Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points

Code challenge question?

I am having trouble with this input element on this code challenge.

"Add a text input with the id attribute set to "name" and the name attribute set to "user_name"."

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <input id="name" name="user_name">
        </form>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi Aaron,

Look great but you just have missing "/" in the end of input tag. 

<form action = "index.html" method = "post">
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name" />
</form>
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

...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=" bio" name="user_bio"></textarea> </form> </body> </html>

Kudakwashe Jama
Kudakwashe Jama
7,676 Points
Kudakwashe Jama
Kudakwashe Jama
7,676 Points

<input type = "text" id = "name" name = "user_name">