combobox

Please make sure you have read the Tag Syntax document and understand how tag attribute syntax works.

Description

The combo box is basically an HTML INPUT of type text and HTML SELECT grouped together to give you a combo box functionality. You can place text in the INPUT control by using the SELECT control or type it in directly in the text field.

In this example, the SELECT will be populated from id=year attribute. Counter is itself an Iterator. It will span from first to last. The population is done via javascript, and requires that this tag be surrounded by a <form>.

Note that unlike the <s:select/> tag, there is no ability to define the individual <option> tags' id attribute or content separately. Each of these is simply populated from the toString() method of the list item. Presumably this is because the select box isn't intended to actually submit useful data, but to assist the user in filling out the text field.

Parameters

Name	Required	Default	Evaluated	Type	Description
accesskey	false		true	String	Set the html accesskey attribute on rendered html element
cssClass	false		true	String	The css class to use for element
cssStyle	false		true	String	The css style definitions for element ro use
disabled	false		true	String	Set the html disabled attribute on rendered html element
emptyOption	false		true	String	Decide if an empty option is to be inserted. Default false.
headerKey	false		true	String	Set the header key for the header option.
headerValue	false		true	String	Set the header value for the header option.
id	false		true	String	id for referencing element. For UI and form tags it will be used as HTML id attribute
key	false		true	String	Set the key (name, value, label) for this particular component
label	false		true	String	Label expression used for rendering a element specific label
labelposition	false		true	String	Define label position of form element (top/left)
list	true		true	String	Iteratable source to populate from. If this is missing, the select widget is simply not displayed.
listKey	false		true	String	Set the key used to retrive the option key.
listValue	false		true	String	Set the value used to retrive the option value.
maxLength	false		true	Integer	Deprecated. Use maxlength instead.
maxlength	false		true	Integer	HTML maxlength attribute
name	false		true	String	The name to set for element
onblur	false		true	String	Set the html onblur attribute on rendered html element
onchange	false		true	String	Set the html onchange attribute on rendered html element
onclick	false		true	String	Set the html onclick attribute on rendered html element
ondblclick	false		true	String	Set the html ondblclick attribute on rendered html element
onfocus	false		true	String	Set the html onfocus attribute on rendered html element
onkeydown	false		true	String	Set the html onkeydown attribute on rendered html element
onkeypress	false		true	String	Set the html onkeypress attribute on rendered html element
onkeyup	false		true	String	Set the html onkeyup attribute on rendered html element
onmousedown	false		true	String	Set the html onmousedown attribute on rendered html element
onmousemove	false		true	String	Set the html onmousemove attribute on rendered html element
onmouseout	false		true	String	Set the html onmouseout attribute on rendered html element
onmouseover	false		true	String	Set the html onmouseover attribute on rendered html element
onmouseup	false		true	String	Set the html onmouseup attribute on rendered html element
onselect	false		true	String	Set the html onselect attribute on rendered html element
readonly	false	false	true	Boolean	Whether the input is readonly
required	false	false	true	Boolean	If set to true, the rendered element will indicate that input is required
requiredposition	false		true	String	Define required position of required form element (left\|right)
size	false		true	Integer	HTML size attribute
tabindex	false		true	String	Set the html tabindex attribute on rendered html element
template	false		true	String	The template (other than default) to use for rendering the element
templateDir	false		true	String	The template directory.
theme	false		true	String	The theme (other than default) to use for rendering the element
title	false		true	String	Set the html title attribute on rendered html element
tooltip	false		true	String	Set the tooltip of this particular component
tooltipConfig	false		true	String	Set the tooltip configuration
value	false		true	String	Preset the value of input element.

Examples

JSP:
<-- Example One -->
<s:bean name="struts.util.Counter" id="year">
  <s:param name="first" value="text('firstBirthYear')"/>
  <s:param name="last" value="2000"/>

  <s:combobox label="Birth year" size="6" maxlength="4" name="birthYear" list="#year"/>
</s:bean>

<-- Example Two -->
<s:combobox
    label="My Favourite Fruit"
    name="myFavouriteFruit"
    list="{'apple','banana','grape','pear'}"
    headerKey="-1"
    headerValue="--- Please Select ---"
    emptyOption="true"
    value="banana" />

<-- Example Two -->
<s:combobox
   label="My Favourite Color"
   name="myFavouriteColor"
   list="#{'red':'red','green':'green','blue':'blue'}"
   headerKey="-1"
   headerValue="--- Please Select ---"
   emptyOption="true"
   value="green" />

Velocity:
#tag( ComboBox "label=Birth year" "size=6" "maxlength=4" "name=birthYear" "list=#year" )

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