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

What is for form control element at this stage. I believe the answer is = division . help??

I does not give me hints, is the answer box case sensitive. no hints or help. sending email questions is delaying me from moving forward for something so simple. Please help.. thanks

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! I believe what you're referring to is the <div> tag. A div tag (or division) is not a form element. It is simply a way to divide up the document so that it can be styled later. A division in and of itself has no visual or semantic meaning.

The <h4> is a headline tag and is not a form control. By process of elimination, the input is the only thing left that can be the form control. And indeed, it is. You can take a look at a list of form elements on this MDN documentation. Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Thank you for the quick response. I also entered form as my answer, maybe because I did not include <> it was incorrect. let me try this. thanks again.

Jennifer Nordell
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I think you still may have missed the final answer. The answer is "input" without any angle brackets.