Dynamic selection in Combobox

[hal arres]

Hi,

I try to handle a dynamic selection in a combobox, but I got a problem.

To add the combobox to a jsp page and fill it, I use the following code

<html:select property="selected" styleClass="dropdown" style="width:161px;">  
    <logic:iterate id="lineItem" property="list" name="searchForm">
        <option value="<bean:write name="lineItem" property="key"/>">
            <bean:write name="lineItem" property="value"/>
        </option>
    </logic:iterate>
</html:select>

This combobox is on different pages and I want to show the previous selected item on each page, but I don't know how.
I tryed the following code, but it doesn't work:

  
<html:select property="selected" styleClass="dropdown" style="width:161px;">
    <logic:iterate id="lineItem" property="list" name="searchForm">
        <logic:equal name="lineItem" property="key" value=\"<bean:write property="selected" name="searchForm"/>\">
            <option value=\"<bean:write name="lineItem" property="key"/>\" selected>
                <bean:write name="lineItem" property="value"/>
            </option>
        </logic:equal>
        <logic:notEqual name="lineItem" property="key" value=\"<bean:write property="selected" name="searchForm"/>\">
            <option value="<bean:write name="lineItem" property="key"/>">
                <bean:write name="lineItem" property="value"/>
            </option>
        </logic:equal>
    </logic:iterate>
</html:select>

Can anyone tell me, what I am doing wrong?

[Junilu Lacar]

I would use the htmlptionsCollection tag instead. It encapsulates all the logic you've written using logic:iterate to display the options and the logic to select the option that matches the current value of the "selected" property.

<html:select property="selected" styleClass="dropdown" style="width:161px;">  
    <html:optionsCollection name="searchForm" property="list" label="key" value="value" />
</html:select>

Originally posted by hal arres:
Hi,

I try to handle a dynamic selection in a combobox, but I got a problem.

To add the combobox to a jsp page and fill it, I use the following code

<html:select property="selected" styleClass="dropdown" style="width:161px;">  
    <logic:iterate id="lineItem" property="list" name="searchForm">
        <option value="<bean:write name="lineItem" property="key"/>">
            <bean:write name="lineItem" property="value"/>
        </option>
    </logic:iterate>
</html:select>

[hal arres]

Hi,

this is the first time, I heard of optionsCollection, but it is the better way to use ComboBoxes.

Thank you Junilu Lacar

mfg
arres