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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Joshua Erbe
Joshua Erbe
1,295 Points

Why am I getting an error that says my button needs to be inside the form element when it is inside the form element?

<!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>

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

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

Is my button element nested inside my form element?

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Joshua,

It is inside the form element but you never closed off your select element after your last option element.

Joshua Erbe
Joshua Erbe
1,295 Points
Joshua Erbe
Joshua Erbe
1,295 Points

Errg! Yup that fixed it. Thank you!