populate html:select

[Anna Kerekes <An...@onx.com>]

Hello,
 
I am using struts validation to validate an input form.  In my jsp I have:
 
<html:select property="effectiveDay">

<option value="1" selected>1

<option value="2">2

<option value="3">3

<option value="4">4

</html:select>

The form is filled out.  After I hit the "submit" button Struts validation is run and the input form is displayed again with the errors on the form.  The problem is that the value selected from the drop-down menu (i.e. html:select) before the "submit" button was hit is NOT preserved on the form with the validation errors.  So the user has to re-enter whatever value he/she entered before validation.  This is annoying......is there a way I can make it so that the hmtl:select could be populated with the value that was entered before (if any).  I suspect that this value is stored somewhere (in request scope?) but I'm not sure how to get it.....

What is strange is that other fields on my input form are preseved (i.e. textboxes, and textareas) but not drop-down menus, checkboxes, and file.

any help appreciated,

Anna:)

 


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Re: populate html:select

[Wendy Smoak <ja...@wendysmoak.com>]

From: "Anna Kerekes" <An...@onx.com>
Hello,
<html:select property="effectiveDay">
<option value="1" selected>1
...
> The problem is that the value selected from the drop-down menu (i.e.
html:select)
> before the "submit" button was hit is NOT preserved on the form

You need to use Struts tags for the options if you expect the framework to
pre-fill the form.  Take a look at <html:option> and <html:options> which
you can use with various attributes including creating the lists from a
Collection.

-- 
Wendy Smoak


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