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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Christian Beckett
Christian Beckett
11,123 Points

what 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?

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">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
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points
Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points

your code should look like this:

<h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>
<select id="color" name="shirt_color"></select>
Luis Munguia Salas
Luis Munguia Salas
14,797 Points
Luis Munguia Salas
Luis Munguia Salas
14,797 Points

button element is not a empty tag

it needs a opening tag and closing tag.

<BUTTON></BUTTON>