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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Posted by malcolm mowlam
malcolm mowlam
3,856 Points

How do I add a text input in a form please challenge task 2 of 5

Add a text input with the id set to name

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"<input></form>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

You're close, but the attributes need to go inside the tag instead of before it:

input type= "text" id="name" name= "user_name"<input>  <!-- original -->
<input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">         <!-- corrected-->