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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
958 Points
Posted by Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
958 Points

Why it is telling me I need a button inside the form element when it clearly is?

Is it just a simple typo? I can't seem to spot it.

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

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Brian;

You need to move the button element outside of the select element. You are also missing the closing select tag.

Ken

Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
958 Points
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
958 Points

Ah, thank you so much. I thought I checked to be sure that didn't have a closing tag. Thanks again.