How to change <select> value defaults

<select> value defaults

[keyplyr]

How do I designate a specific value to be displayed as default, other than the top (1) Thanks

<select name="name" size="1">
<option value="choice 1">1
<option value="choice 2">2
<option value="choice 3">3
<option value="choice 4">4
<option value="choice 5">5
<option value="choice 6">6
</select>

[BlobFisk]

You can put selected on the option that you would like to be selected by default.

EG: <option value="choice1" selected>1

HTH

[g1smd]

Don't forget the closing </option> tag on each line.

[keyplyr]

Thanks

[txbakers]

Don't forget the closing </option> tag on each line.

Technically the closing </option> tag is optional, but I always include it. I noticed that the Mac didn't render those tags correctly without the closing tag. IE on Windows did.

[keyplyr]

And I believe NN4x does not even display a dropdown without all closing tags.
(someone correct me if incorrect)

[BlobFisk]

Nope, you are quite correct keyplyr. NN4 won't show any part of the select list without all the </option> tags being in place.

Like txtbakers I always include them too - it just doesn't feel right to not close it!

[g1smd]

I didn't know that </option> was optional; thanks for the clarification, and the real world examples.

[lorax]

Technically the closing </option> tag is optional, but I always include it. I noticed that the Mac didn't render those tags correctly without the closing tag. IE on Windows did.

It isn't optional for XHTML. All tags need to be closed for XHTML [w3.org].