Re: Embeded label on selects

I get this request very frequently too. A "defaulttext" attribute would
possibly be useful. One drawback being that the default text and default
value would then be the same. For instance at the moment:

<select>
       <option value="0">Please Choose</option>
       <option value="1">Option 1</option>
       .... etc .....
</select>

The default value can be check serverside by looking for the value "0". If a
"defaulttext" or "embededlabel" attribute were introduced, what actual value
would be returned by the element when the form was submitted without an
option being selected? It wouldn't do to have the actual string content of
the "defaulttext" passed as the value.

Julian

On 22/10/2007, Olivier GENDRIN <olivier.gendrin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello list !
>
> On some projects, clients ask me to insert inside a select an false
> option that indicates the function of the form element (ex:
> http://surveylink.yahoo.com/wix/p1484643.aspx, item 4 has an option
> 'please select you answer).
>
> When I have to do that in an input@text, I can use @value as default text.
>
> Couldn't we have an new attribute for the select that will be
> displayed if no option is selected ? No idea for her name but
> embededlabel. I'll search a better one.
>
> --
> Olivier G.
> http://www.lespacedunmatin.info/blog/
>
>


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