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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by moath alqutoob
moath alqutoob
2,450 Points

i cant solve this

i cant solve this

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="Green">Green</option>
        <option value="Orange">Orange</option>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
25,237 Points
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
25,237 Points

Not exactly sure what you're trying to solve but it appears that you've missed the closing select tag after your options tags.

1 Answer

chrisgodden
chrisgodden
5,242 Points
chrisgodden
chrisgodden
5,242 Points

Your missing a 

</select> 

<!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="Green">Green</option>
        <option value="Orange">Orange</option>
        </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>