Martin, I have been trying to find out how to handle this for months.
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: Options tag - 'selected'
> The reason you see 'selected="selected"' is for XHTML compatibility. In
> XHTML (and XML) a value must always be specified for an attribute, so you
> can't just say 'selected'. The spec states that, in cases like this, the
> value should be the same as the attribute name. Hence
'selected="selected"',
> 'multiple="multiple"', etc.
>
> --
> Martin Cooper
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Liang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:41 PM
> Subject: RE: Options tag - 'selected'
>
>
> > Got it, while going throught search of old mailing list emails.
> >
> > <html:select name="userprofileForm" property="preferredLanguage"
> > value="en_uk">
> > <html:options collection="languageTypes" property="value"
> > labelProperty="label"/>
> > </html:select>
> >
> > But look at what it produces:(instead of just 'selected', it's outputted
> > twice?????)
> >
> > <select name="preferredLanguage">
> > <option value="en_us">English</option>
> > <option value="en_uk" selected="selected">British English</option>
> > </select>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Liang
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:19 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Options tag
> >
> >
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I don't know if i am doing something wrong or not. Either i am really
> stupid
> > or i am totally misunderstanding something here - as i have tried for
the
> > last serveral hrs getting options tag to output the 'selected' text in
> html.
> >
> > I basically followed the example(subscription.jsp) on this, but couldn't
> > figure out why it's not outputting 'selected' as the example claims is
> > working.
> >
> > <!-----------------------------------------------here is the jsp -->
> > <%
> > java.util.ArrayList list = new java.util.ArrayList();
> > list.add(new com.vns.um.struts.LabelValueBean("English", "en_us"));
> > list.add(new com.vns.um.struts.LabelValueBean("British English",
> > "en_uk"));
> > pageContext.setAttribute("languageTypes", list);
> > %>
> >
> > <html:form action="/saveProfile">
> > <HR>
> > <TR>
> > <td><html:text name="userprofileForm" property="uid" size="10"
> > maxlength="10"/></TD>
> > <td><html:text name="userprofileForm" property="password" size="10"
> > maxlength="10"/></TD>
> > <td><html:text name="userprofileForm" property="firstName" size="10"
> > maxlength="10"/></TD>
> > </tr>
> > <tr>
> > <html:select name="userprofileForm" property="preferredLanguage" >
> > <html:options collection="languageTypes" property="value"
> > match="en_uk"
> > labelProperty="label"/>
> > </html:select>
> > </tr>
> > </html:form>
> >
> > How do i get "en_uk" selected????? Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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