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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Charlotte Holt
Charlotte Holt
2,022 Points

I'm doing a test on one of the html track and I think i've answered the question correctly but it says it's wrong.

Question is to add a submit button with the text 'Place Order' within the form field

This is what I've done:

<!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>

    <button type="submit">Place Order</button>

</form>

</body> </html>

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="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>

        <button type="submit">Place Order</button>

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Charlotte Holt

You're doing great and are really close. There is just one small thing missing.

In the form element, you open a <select> tag, and inside that you have the <option> tags. This is all correct. However, you placed the <button> inside of the <select> tag, which won't work.
So, all you need to do is to close the </select> tag after the all the options, then have the <button> and then close the </form>. So the structure will look something like:

<form>
  <select>
    <option>...</option>
    <option>...</option>
    <option>...</option>
    <option>...</option>
  </select>
  <button>...</button>
</form>

I think you'll get it now! :) If you're still stuck, let me know.

Nice work!! :) :dizzy: