You can pre-populate the $this->data array:
In your controller method:
$this->data['Model']['field'] = 1;
(where 1 is value you want to pre-select)
or,
in the view:
<?echo $form->input("field", array("options"=>$options, "default"=>1) ?
>
On May 4, 9:56 pm, qwanta <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the controller I do a find('list') to get an array ready for
> populating a select box. I am quite stumped as to how I would set the
> selected index of the select box in the view.
> This is a case where the automagic situation (editing a record) is not
> applicable - it is a log entry form and a new record each time.
>
> thanks.
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