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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Eric Moeller
Eric Moeller
16,023 Points

"Add a label element to the select menu with the text "Shirt Color:"" But now Task 2 is not working

Add a label element to the select menu with the text "Shirt Color:"

I do this, but it tells me Task 2 is no longer passing. I go back to Task Two, and it passes just fine. Something is wrong with the optgroup attribute, but I can't figure out what

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>

      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">
        <optgroup label="Shirt Color">
         <option value="red">Red</option>
         <option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
         <option value="purple">Purple</option>
         <option value="green">Green</option>
         <option value="orange">Orange</option>
         </optgroup> 

       </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,999 Points
Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,999 Points

Use 

<label for="color">"Shirt_Color"</label>

above the the select the menue to assign a label for it deleted the optgroup