[support] How to add "selected" attribute to select list <option>tag

[Steve Edwards]

Hmmm, getting closer, but I can't seem to get it to work.  No matter what I try, I can't get it to select anything.

Here is what my select list looks like (in HTML)

<option value="1">Name 1
<option value="2">Name 2
<option value="3">Name 3
<option value="4">Name 4
<option value="5">Name 5

The value is the user's uid. number That being the case, what would i use for #default_value?  I've tried things like

'#default_value' => array(1 => 'Name 1')
'#default_value' => 1
'#default_value' => 'Name 1'

but I can't get any of them to work.  Any ideas?

Thanks.

Steve


Greg Holsclaw wrote:
> Make the #default_value an array of the keys of the options you want
> selected.
> 
> $form['item'] = array(
> '#type' => 'select',
> ...
> '#options' => array of all options,
> '#default_value' => array of keys from above options.
> ...
> );
> 
> Check
> http://api.drupal.org/api/file/developer/topics/forms_api_reference.html
> /5#default_value for more info.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
> Behalf Of Steve Edwards
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:25 PM
> To: support at drupal.org
> Subject: [support] How to add "selected" attribute to select list
> <option>tag
> 
> Well, I'm back again, and this time I have a question about attributes
> for select options in a form.  I have a form that has a 
> select element (multi-select) that lists users.  The form is for some
> admin settings for a module.  When the form is displayed, I 
> need to be able to highlight specific options in the list based on data
> returned from a query.  I've been looking all day, and 
> haven't been able to figure it out.  There is the #attribute key, but it
> is for the field as whole (at least as far as I can 
> determine), and doesn't work for each individual <option> tag.
> 
> If anybody could point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Steve