1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/base.rb
index 9f026f69b1..7580cbe20d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/base.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module ActionView
     module Tags
       class Base #:nodoc:
         include Helpers::ActiveModelInstanceTag, Helpers::TagHelper, Helpers::FormTagHelper
+        include FormOptionsHelper
 
         DEFAULT_FIELD_OPTIONS = { "size" => 30 }
 
@@ -114,6 +115,28 @@ module ActionView
         def sanitized_method_name
           @sanitized_method_name ||= @method_name.sub(/\?$/,"")
         end
+
+        def select_content_tag(option_tags, options, html_options)
+          html_options = html_options.stringify_keys
+          add_default_name_and_id(html_options)
+          select = content_tag("select", add_options(option_tags, options, value(object)), html_options)
+          if html_options["multiple"]
+            tag("input", :disabled => html_options["disabled"], :name => html_options["name"], :type => "hidden", :value => "") + select
+          else
+            select
+          end
+        end
+
+        def add_options(option_tags, options, value = nil)
+          if options[:include_blank]
+            option_tags = "<option value=\"\">#{ERB::Util.html_escape(options[:include_blank]) if options[:include_blank].kind_of?(String)}</option>\n" + option_tags
+          end
+          if value.blank? && options[:prompt]
+            prompt = options[:prompt].kind_of?(String) ? options[:prompt] : I18n.translate('helpers.select.prompt', :default => 'Please select')
+            option_tags = "<option value=\"\">#{ERB::Util.html_escape(prompt)}</option>\n" + option_tags
+          end
+          option_tags.html_safe
+        end
       end
     end
   end