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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Raina Knight
Raina Knight
741 Points

What is the tag I use for the submit tag

I dont know the submit tag

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>
        submit
    </select>
        </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 33,900 Points

Hi Raina,

you can either use 

<input type="submit">

or

<button type="submit">ButtonText</button>

They both submit the form.

Blessings from Berlin and happy coding, Nils

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