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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create Radio Buttons

Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points
Posted by Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points

Radio Buttons - Task 1

Hello,

My code isn't passing. Triple checked it. Not sure why. Please advise. :)

<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>
      </select>

      <input type=”radio” id=”small” value=”small” name=”shirt_size”>

      <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
    </form>

4 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Phil,

The quotes around your attribute values for your radio button are the wrong kind of quotes. I'm not sure how you got them. Did you type that line into a word processor maybe and then paste it into the challenge?

If you delete all those slanted quotes and then type a normal straight double quote which is next to the enter key on your keyboard then it will pass.

If you're using a word processor for a text editor then you should switch over to a dedicated text editor like sublime text.

Stephen Goeddel
Stephen Goeddel
11,239 Points
Stephen Goeddel
Stephen Goeddel
11,239 Points

change the name on your select element from shirt_color to color

Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points
Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points

Hi Stephen,

I made the change you suggested, but it still didn't pass. Here is the code.

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>
      <label for="color">Shirt Color:</label>
      <select id="color" name="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>

      <input type=”radio” id=”small” value=”small” name=”shirt_size”>

      <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
    </form>

Thanks for answering!

Stephen Goeddel
Stephen Goeddel
11,239 Points
Stephen Goeddel
Stephen Goeddel
11,239 Points

What is the specific error you are getting? I noticed that you have a radio with just a singular input, which is odd. If you are only going to have one radio button you should probably just make it a checkbox, but I'm not sure that that is what is causing the error. You also should not have the action set to index.html as that is not valid, an HTML file is unable to process a form, so that might also be what is causing it to fail.

Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points
Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points

Hi Stephen, it seems the problem was the issue pointed out by Jason Anello (below). When I, as he suggested, switched the slanted double quotes for the straight single quotes, the code passed. ;)

Thanks!

Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points
Phil Jones
Phil Jones
13,727 Points

Hi Jason, Switched the double quotes out for the single quotes. It worked!

Thanks