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HTML HTML Forms HTML Mastery

Jessica Diaz
Jessica Diaz
618 Points
Posted by Jessica Diaz
Jessica Diaz
618 Points

How do I set the value attribute on a text input?

I'm working on a task and can't figure out how to set a text input to include "Hello World!"

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Mastery Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>HTML Mastery Challenge</h1>

    <!-- Write your code below -->
    <form action='#' method="POST" name="my_form">
      <input type='text' name='Hello World!' value="Hello World!">
    <div>
      <h2>Shopping List</h2>
      <ol>
        <li>bananas</li>
        <li>apples</li>
        <li>grapes</li>
      </ol>
      <p>this is a <strong>paragraph</strong></p>
    </div>



  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Looks like you got over excited.

The challenge asked you to put "Hello World" in the value, but you have "Hello World!" (with extra exclamation point).

Also, it looks like it let you get away without putting a closing tag on your form.

Jessica Diaz
Jessica Diaz
618 Points
Jessica Diaz
Jessica Diaz
618 Points

This helps. Thanks