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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Mustafa Khan
Mustafa Khan
6,224 Points

What did I do wrong?

It says Add a submit button with the text "Place Order", which I did. It says I’m wrong however

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>
      </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>
Dan Collins
Dan Collins
310 Points
Dan Collins
Dan Collins
310 Points

What is the error?

2 Answers

Dan Collins
Dan Collins
310 Points
Dan Collins
Dan Collins
310 Points

<button type="submit" value="Submit">Submit</button>

love Bugs
love Bugs
2,121 Points
love Bugs
love Bugs
2,121 Points

You put spaces between 'type', the '=' and '"submit"'.

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

It should look like this,

          <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
Mustafa Khan
Mustafa Khan
6,224 Points

Turns out the button shouldn’t be nested in the select tag. Thanks anyway.