I see two primary options ... (1) use a TreeMap instead of a Hashtable However, to me this be unnecessary if the sorting is purely for presentation purposes, or (2) Create a JavaBean that holds two lists ... one for the option values and one for the option labels ... sorted according to the labels.
I have done this on numerous occasions where I have a collection of things that contain IDs for use as values and then names for use as labels ... Basically, I first sort the collection according to the field I want (typically, I do this using a Comparator) then I create two lists one for the values and one for the labels. Of course, if you are accessing the data from a database and can do the sorting there it is preferable then sorting in the middle tier. BTW, I am using Struts 1.0 -- there may be features in the nightly build that make this easier. -----Original Message----- From: Sue Deng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to list options in order? Hi, I am using html:select and html:options like this: <html:select property="key"> <html:options collection="organizations" property="key" labelProperty="value"/> </html:select> The organization is a collection of Hashtable. Is there any way I can list the options in labelProperty order? Thanks, -Sue -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
