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JavaScript Treehouse Club - MASH MASH - HTML Forms, Divs, and Inputs

Posted by SAUNIYA RANDERI
SAUNIYA RANDERI
1,202 Points

What does it mean by "type?"

I don't understand what the question means by "type."

index.html 
<body>
  <h1>First Day of School</h1>

  <form>

    <div class="favorite_stuff">
      <h4>Favorite Foods?</h4>
      <input name="gummies[purple]">
      <input name="pretzels[crunchy]">
      <input name="cookies[soft]">
      <input name="carrots[orange]">
    </div class="favorite_stuff">

    <div class="favorite_stuff">
      <h4>Favorite Animals?</h4>
      <input name="dog[brown]">
      <input name="cat[small]">
      <input name="pig[heavy]">
      <input name="cow[white]">
    </div class="favorite_stuff">


  </form>

</body>

1 Answer

Christopher McRoy
Christopher McRoy
17,295 Points
Christopher McRoy
Christopher McRoy
17,295 Points

HTML form <input> tags are meant to collect information from the users. The Type determines how the form collects the information. The default input is "text", which creates a text box where a user can type in their values in their own words/numbers, but other input types can be submit and reset buttons, checkboxes, emails, passwords, and more.

As far as answering the question in the challenge, it's asking you to include: type="text" inside each input tag. For example:

<input name="gummies[purple]" type="text">

Another tip: the class attribute doesn't need to be included in the end </div> tags, only in both of the start <div> tags. For example:

    <div class="favorite_stuff">
      <h4>Favorite Foods?</h4>
      <input name="gummies[purple]">
    </div>

Hope this helps!