NAME

Embperl::Form::Control::select - A select control inside an Embperl Form

SYNOPSIS

{
type    => 'select',
text    => 'blabla',
name    => 'foo',
values  => [1,2,3],
options => ['foo', 'bar', 'none'],
rows    => 5
}

DESCRIPTION

Used to create an select control inside an Embperl Form. See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.

PARAMETER

type

Needs to be 'select'

name

Specifies the name of the select control

text

Will be used as label for the select control

values

Gives the values as an array ref of the select control.

options

Gives the options as an array ref that should be displayed to the user. If no options are given, the values from values are used.

rows

If specified a select box is display with the given number of lines. If not specified or undef, a drop down list is shown.

addtop

Array ref which contains items that should be added at the top of the select box. Each item consists of an array ref with two entries, the first is the value and the second is the option that is displayed on the page. If the second is missing the value (first entry)is displayed. Example:

addtop => [ [1 => 'first item'], [2 => 'second item']]

addbottom

Array ref which contains items that should be added at the bottom of the select box. Each item consists of an array ref with two entries, the first is the value and the second is the option that is displayed on the page. If the second is missing the value (first entry)is displayed. Example:

addbottom => [ [9999 => 'last item'], [9999 => 'very last item']]

filter

If given, only items where the value matches the regex given in filter are displayed.

Author

G. Richter (richter@dev.ecos.de)

See Also

perl(1), Embperl, Embperl::Form