Question

With this drop down I’ll select a value and pass in a url, but with this code i’m not able to get only the selected one, can you guys help me to setup a c:if and mark selected on the side?. Thanks anyway.

<select>
<c:forEach var="foo" items="${bar}">
<option value="${foo}">${foo}</option>
</c:forEach></select>


<div class="links" style="font-size: 110%">
<a href="someURL?path=${foo}">someName</a>
</div>

Ex:

<select>
<c:forEach var="name" items="${names}">
<option value="${name}">${name}</option>
</c:forEach></select>

After i select the name, place the selected one in the url

<div class="links" style="font-size: 110%">
<a href="someURL?path=${name}">someName</a>
</div>

Sorry, my english isn’t that good so it’s hard sometimes to express myself

Answer 1

<option value="${foo}" 
        <c:if test="${param.path == foo}">selected="selected"</c:if>>${foo}</option>

Read http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/tutorial/doc/JSPIntro7.html