Does the code shown below close to what you are
looking for?
<bean:define id="editorsList" name="EDITORS, which is
the JavaBeans passed through the session scope"
scope="session" type="java.util.ArrayList" />
<html:select property="GIVE SOME NAME TO THIS
SELECT BOX" size="1" multiple="false">
<option value="">-Select-</option>
<html:options collection="editorsList"
labelProperty="label" property="value"/>
</html:select>
-Caroline
--- andy wix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if there is a neat way to overcome a
> typical problem when
> offering a drop-down menu to a user. It is common
> to have a default option
> called say 'select'. The drop down objects in my
> case are an arraylist
> which are the result of a trip to the db.
>
> So far, my contrived solution is to have a dummy
> object which I add at
> position zero in the arraylist which has a name
> field of 'select', but this
> is nasty as there are times I want to use the
> arraylist (stored in the
> sesion) without this item and it means shipping a db
> with a 'must-have'
> record.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>
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