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HTML

Posted by Matthew Grant
Matthew Grant
3,703 Points

Trouble in Challenge Task 2 of 4 HTML "create a select menu"

The error is "Bummer! You don't seem to have an <option> element where the value attribute is set to "red". Please add one."

My current code is this:

<!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="Blue">blue</option>
    <option value="Green">green</option>
    <option value="Orange">orange</option>
  </select>
</form>

</body> </html>

If you can find the error please tell me :)! I tinkered with it for about 15 minutes but I'm not sure how to get past this step.

Nicholas Hebb
Nicholas Hebb
18,872 Points

Try changing the value to lowercase:

<option value="red">red<</option>

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Matthew;

I think the challenge wants values in lower case and the actual Select Options printed to the screen in upper case, so it would look like:

<option value="red">Red</option>

It has been a while since I have done that challenge, but I believe that is what it is after.

Happy coding, Ken

Matthew Grant
Matthew Grant
3,703 Points

Great I flipped them and it worked, thank you Ken!