In plain old HTML, I can create a select tag, and specify one option as 
selected, so that it comes up as the selection by default, or gets selected 
if the user resets the form.

GWT doesn't appear to offer this capability - I don't see anything like 
setDefaultSelectedIndex(int index), or addItem(String itemText, boolean 
defaultSelected).  Is this an oversight, or something that was done 
deliberately? 

The situation I'd like to use it for is a set of enumerated column values 
from a DB, to be listed in alphabetical order, but where the default value 
isn't the first.  As it stands now, I'm going to have to keep track of the 
proper index to select when the form is cleared, as opposed to getting it 
done once when I initially set up the form.

Hmm, that being said, it seems like there's no reset capability anyway - a 
ResetButton apparently belongs only in a FormPanel, and there's no reset 
method in ListBox. I suspect that I'm going to have to extend ListBox to 
provide a way to set a default selected index AND a reset capability. So, 
this turned into more of a rant than a question, but I'd still be 
interested in hearing if there was a specific reason those capabilities 
were left out, or if my anticipated extensions are a bad idea for some 
reason I haven't thought of.

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