Thanks much Vincent. Just curious as to how to do in jsp. please let me know That way may be i can also try mentioing it in the table row in the jsp for the drop down meanwile i will post back my results of mentioing in the action form as default Thanks Sam
Vincent Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, you can set the default value to the select attribute of the form bean anywhere before the tag. You can do it either in JSP or action class. I suggest doing it in your action class. For example: int defaultValue = getDefaultISBN(bookId); form.setISBN(defaultValue); ... Regards, Vincent --- as as ªº°T®§¡G> Thanks much! > That helps. > But also, i have a table with rows.each row has > details about a specific book(like bookname is a > column and so is ISBN) > so when a user clicks on a row, those details are > displayed of that book, with a drop down saying > order the book from this bookStoreName (shown as a > drop down, with a default bookStoreName for each > book).so this value is defualt for that row but not > for the whole table /struts form > so wondering how I can implement default to the > whole form.....in my books object in my > logic:iterate tag, iterating over id=book > > Thanks in advance. > sam > > Vincent Lin wrote: > Hi, > > You can specify a default value to ISBN in the form > bean. Then the selected option will jump to the > default value you set when the page is rendered. > > For example, in the form bean you declare ISBN: > > private int ISBN = 12345; > > And you have an option "12345" as the property value > in your option collection. The select object will > jump > to "12345" (struts will give it a "selected" > attribute > in tag) when the page is loaded. > > Regard, > Vincent > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ¨C¤Ñ³£ Yahoo!©_¼¯ ®üªºÃC¦â¡B­·ªº®ð®§¡B·R§Aªº·Å«×¡AºÉ¦b«H¯È©³¹Ï http://tw.promo.yahoo.com/mail_premium/stationery.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster.