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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Radio Buttons

Hanna Mower
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Hanna Mower
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,872 Points
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Hanna Mower
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,872 Points

On Previous Quiz: Submit Button Not Working

On the previous quiz, I keep getting the error message "You must add button element to form". I have adjusted the code many times and still get the same message. Here's the code: 

<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>

Any help is much appreciated!

3 Answers

Wilton cruz-ramirez
Wilton cruz-ramirez
10,159 Points 
<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>

 </select> <!-- Need to Close the Select Tag -->

</form>
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

While the other answers are correct about the closing select tag, the button needs to be outside of it, not inside. The button is not one of the options to be chosen.

<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>
  </select>
  <button type="submit">Place Order</button>
</form>
web pad
web pad
4,483 Points

Yes, I just encountered the same problem earlier. I placed the <button> before the closing </select> button

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

You are missing the closing tag for the select element (</select>). It should be just after your button element.