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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Confused about label element format - any suggestions?

<h1>Shirt Order Form</h1> <label for="shirt_color">Shirt Color</label> <select id="color" name="shirt_color">

    <input id="shirt_color" name="shirt_color" type="text"/>
    <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>
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="shirt_color">Shirt Color</label>
      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">

        <input id="shirt_color" name="shirt_color" type="text"/>
        <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>

2 Answers

That worked - thanks very much!

The label should be linked to <select id="color" name="shirt_color">, which has the id of color. Try changing <label for="shirt_color">Shirt Color</label> to <label for="color">Shirt Color</label> and removing the line <input id="shirt_color" name="shirt_color" type="text"/>.