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HTML HTML Forms HTML Mastery

Posted by Tony Bourne
Tony Bourne
2,432 Points

set that text input to contain "hello world".

Need help!

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

    <!-- Write your code below -->
    <div>
      <h2>Shopping List</h2>
      <ol>
        <li>Item 1</li>
        <li>Item 2</li>
        <li>Item 3</li>
      </ol>
      <p>A wild<strong>paragraph</strong>appears.</p>
      <form>
      <input type="text">
      </form>

    </div>



  </body>
</html>
Jason Egipto
Jason Egipto
9,185 Points
Jason Egipto
Jason Egipto
9,185 Points

Hey, try this:

<form> <input type="text" placeholder= "Hello World"> </form>

Goodluck!

2 Answers

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

Use the value attribute to give you input box initial contents.

        <input type="text" value="Hello World">

Jason's example of using the placeholder attribute will make the text appear in the box, but it won't count as content.

Eugene Hamric
PLUS
Eugene Hamric
Courses Plus Student 273 Points
Eugene Hamric
Eugene Hamric
Courses Plus Student 273 Points

Here is the answer in full.

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

<!-- Write your code below -->

<div>
  <h2>Shopping List</h2>
  <ol>
    <li>Apples</li>
    <li>Bananas</li>
    <li>Grapes</li>
  </ol>
  <p>I want to <strong>get me some chocolate</strong> now</p>
  <form>
    <input type="text" value="Hello World">
  </form>

</div>

</body> </html>