the below code works to make the select option required. If nothing is selected displays the provided message.
<s:select name = "user.department" key = "user.department" headerKey="-1" headerValue="-- Please Select --" list="allDepartments" required="true" requiredposition="left" /> In validation.xml <field name="user.department"> <field-validator type="fieldexpression"> <param name="expression">!(user.department).equals("1")</param> <message>Please select a department.</message> </field-validator> </field> -- This message was sent on behalf of aruna....@gmail.com at openSubscriber.com http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/user@struts.apache.org/10986643.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org