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-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
index 9e30e0fd7d..53b39305fa 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module ActionView
#
# could become:
#
- # <select name="post[person_id">
+ # <select name="post[person_id]">
# <option></option>
# <option value="1" selected="selected">David</option>
# <option value="2">Sam</option>
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ module ActionView
# to the database. Instead, a second model object is created when the create request is received.
# This allows the user to submit a form page more than once with the expected results of creating multiple records.
# In addition, this allows a single partial to be used to generate form inputs for both edit and create forms.
+ #
+ # By default, post.person_id is the selected option. Specify :selected => value to use a different selection
+ # or :selected => nil to leave all options unselected.
def select(object, method, choices, options = {}, html_options = {})
InstanceTag.new(object, method, self, nil, options.delete(:object)).to_select_tag(choices, options, html_options)
end
@@ -296,7 +299,8 @@ module ActionView
def to_select_tag(choices, options, html_options)
html_options = html_options.stringify_keys
add_default_name_and_id(html_options)
- content_tag("select", add_options(options_for_select(choices, value), options, value), html_options)
+ selected_value = options.has_key?(:selected) ? options[:selected] : value
+ content_tag("select", add_options(options_for_select(choices, selected_value), options, value), html_options)
end
def to_collection_select_tag(collection, value_method, text_method, options, html_options)