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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Robert Gentry
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Robert Gentry
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Posted by Robert Gentry
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Robert Gentry
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Its saying I dont have any option elements when I add my optgroup label option. How am I supposed to label select items.

I'm sure this is a simple fix but its showing in the preview but not saying its correct.

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"> 
        <optgroup label="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>
       </optgroup>
      </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
Treehouse Staff

Hi Robert Gentry 👋

The challenge is to add a label to the select element instead of adding an optgroup. Removing the optgroup and then adding a label with the corresponding for attribute should pass the challenge 🙂

      <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>