Hi Steve, Are you getting the entries out of a database or are you setting them straight off with static values? You haven't got a closing tag on your option tag in your html i.e. "</option>" so this could be the problem for starters. If you send the section of code you are talking about it's probably easier to work out. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Edwards <killshot91@comcast.net> Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:04 pm Subject: Re: [support] How to add "selected" attribute to select list <option>tag To: support@drupal.org

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:

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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.

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Greg

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Behalf Of Steve Edwards Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:25 PM To: support@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 -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

Research Computing Services Sarah.Vardy@student.griffith.edu.au 0402241794

also try Ajax Form Builder I haven't used it but it does let you make customised forms... ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah.Vardy@student.griffith.edu.au Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:46 pm Subject: Re: [support] How to add "selected" attribute to select list <option> tag To: support@drupal.org

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

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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 -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

Research Computing Services Sarah.Vardy@student.griffith.edu.au 0402241794

Research Computing Services Sarah.Vardy@student.griffith.edu.au 0402241794