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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Emmitt Harrow
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Emmitt Harrow
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,304 Points

Why won't this label work properly? Feel like i have tried every combo.

I am labelling the select menu, referencing it using for: and it's name. But nothing works.

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:"shirt_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>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

I see two issues:

  • the keyword "for" should be followed by an equal sign (=) instead of a colon
  • the "for" should refer to the select element's id ("color") instead of the name