Forum OpenACS Q&A: ad_form select widget default value

Using an ad_form select widget, I want to set a default value for state for a new entry.

This syntax works:
{state:text(select) {label "State"} {options {$state_list}} {value $state}}

However, the above syntax does not set any value in edit mode when the values are being pulled from the ad_form query.

Instead, this syntax works for setting a select widget value from data pulled by the ad_form query:

{state:text(select) {label "State"} {options {$state_list} {value $state}}}

(Notice the different closing brackets.)

What's the proper syntax needed to get the desired results for both scenarios?

Thanks.

1. Set a select widget's value for a new entry, i.e. default value.

2. Set a select widget's value for an edit form from data pulled via the ad_form query.

The following syntax works for scenario one, but not two:
{state:text(select) {label "State"} {options {$state_list}} {value $state}}

The following syntax works for scenario two, but not one:
{state:text(select) {label "State"} {options {$state_list} {value $state}}}

And I'm sure you're probably aware of

http://rubick.com/openacs/ad_form  (which will be down this weekend)

But what I did on project-manager is available here:

http://cvs.openacs.org/cvs/openacs-4/contrib/packages/project-manager/

I'd look specifically at the add-edit.tcl file. The task-add-edit.tcl file doesn't actually edit, and the task-edit.tcl file only edits.

Oops. That should read, "I resolved the issue by using a -new_request block, and removing all the value params, e.g. {value $state}."