hey steve,
 
try the cck form markup module.
 
you can use cck for loads of stuff.
 
cheers,
 
sarah

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Edwards <killshot91@comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:25 pm
Subject: [support] How to add "selected" attribute to select list <option> tag
To: support@drupal.org

> 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
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