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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Posted by Hilary Katsande
Hilary Katsande
9,045 Points

add the following option to the select menu

add the following option to the select menu

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">
     <option value="red">red</option>  
     <option value=" yellow"> red</option>
     <option value="purple">  red</option>
     <option value= "blue">  red</option>
     <option value= "green">  red</option>
     <option value= "orange"> red</option>
      </select>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "value" attribute strings should not have spaces in them. Also, the words inside each option should match the value (these are all "red").