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Christian Beckett
11,122 Pointswhat did I do wrong with the button?
i think I messed up the button process but i don't know how can someone please help?
<!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">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>
<button type="submit" text="place order">
</form>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers

Jan Oberreiter
77,992 Pointsyour code should look like this:
<h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>
<select id="color" name="shirt_color"></select>

Luis Munguia Salas
14,797 Pointsbutton element is not a empty tag
it needs a opening tag and closing tag.
<BUTTON></BUTTON>

Luis Munguia Salas
14,797 Points<button></button>