Just make a getter in your form bean that does that looks up 'status' in the collection that your form bean is supplying to the <html:options> tag and return the display value. Then use <bean:write> to access that attribute of your form bean. Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Raible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: Getting the value of a "selected" option into bean:write > I have the following code to display a drop-down list: > > <strutshtml:select property="status" styleClass="selectNormal"> > <strutshtml:options collection="status" property="key" > labelProperty="value"/> > </strutshtml:select> > > I would like to display the labelProperty to the user after they've used this > drop-down for a search criteria. So in a formbean, I have a status > getter/setter and use the following code to write it out. > > <strutsbean:write name="formbean" property="status" /> > > However, what I really want to display is the labelProperty, rather than the > value. > > Any ideas? I know I could use javascript to populate a hidden field (with the > selected.text) when they submit it - but I want to use this same logic to > display a read-only view of a page. My read only page will display plain HTML > text instead of select fields, so I need to to display the value (rather than > the key). Our UI Standards do not allow us to use the "disabled" attribute on > input fields to accomplish this. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger > http://im.yahoo.com >