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Shanda Cunningham
3,693 PointsI keep getting "You need to add a <label> element with its "for" attribute set to "shipping" within the <form> element."
I keep getting this error and I do not know what I'm doing wrong.
<!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="color">Shirt Color:</label>
<select id="color" name="shirt_color">
<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>
<label>Shirt Size:</label>
<input type="radio" id="small" value="small" name="shirt_size"><label for="small">Small</label><br>
<input type="radio" id="medium" value="medium" name="shirt_size"><label for="medium">Medium</label><br>
<input type="radio" id="large" value="large" name="shirt_size"><label for="large">Large</label><br>
<input type="checkbox" id="shipping" value="fast_shipping"><label>Fast Shipping</label><br><label for="newsletter"></label>
<input type="checkbox" id="newsletter" value="subscribe"><label>Subscribe to Newsletter></label><br>
<button type="submit">Place Order</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
James Anwyl
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 49,960 PointsHi Shanda,
The for attribute is used to associate a label with an input. It's value must match the id of the input. For example:
<input type="checkbox" id="newsletter">
<label for="newsletter">Subscribe to Newsletter</label>
See how both the for and id attributes have the value newsletter
If we were to write it on one line like in the challenge, it would look like:
<input type="checkbox" id="newsletter"><label for="newsletter">Subscribe to Newsletter</label><br>
In your code:
<input type="checkbox" id="shipping" value="fast_shipping"><label>Fast Shipping</label><br><label for="newsletter"></label>
<input type="checkbox" id="newsletter" value="subscribe"><label>Subscribe to Newsletter></label><br>
You've created 3 labels, and 2 of them are missing the for attribute.
<label>Fast Shipping</label>
<label for="newsletter"></label>
<label>Subscribe to Newsletter></label>
You also have an extra > after "Subscribe to Newsletter"
Hope this helps, if you are still struggling let me know :)
Shanda Cunningham
3,693 PointsThank you!