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HTML HTML Forms Organizing Forms Add Fieldsets and Legends

Ashley Love
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Ashley Love
Courses Plus Student 2,265 Points
Posted by Ashley Love
Ashley Love
Courses Plus Student 2,265 Points

I have no idea what im doing wrong with the legend element ! please help! :(

It keeps telling me it has to be within the first fieldset and I have tried it everywhere within the feildset please help im frustrated !!!

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <fieldset>
        <legand>Tell us about yourself.</legand>
        <label for="name">Name:</label>
         <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
          <label for="email">Email:</label>
        <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
        </fieldset>
         <fieldset>
         <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
         <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
        <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>
      </fieldset>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <fieldset><!--check should it come here-->
        <legand>Tell us about yourself.</legand>
        <label for="name">Name:</label>
         <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
          <label for="email">Email:</label>
        <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
        </fieldset><!--should it end here-->
         <fieldset><!--should it come here-->
         <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
         <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
        <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>
      </fieldset><!--should it end here-->
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

<!--I would suggest you to go through the video, one right earlier one, and clarify-->
Ashley Love
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Ashley Love
Courses Plus Student 2,265 Points
Ashley Love
Ashley Love
Courses Plus Student 2,265 Points

Spelling error on legend I had it as legand . lol the silliest things are a lot of times what I miss