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Form helper and classes for options - El Forum - 02-01-2011
[eluser]bigspring[/eluser]
Hey guys,
First post here from a week old CI user. First things first, this framework is excellent. I'm fairly new to PHP frameworks and I can't believe I've lived without them for the last two years! It's probably good for my understanding of PHP anyway
What I'm trying to do is assign a class to an option value using the form helper but I can't see anything that suggests you can (other than generating the options without the helper).
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Form helper and classes for options - El Forum - 02-01-2011
[eluser]Victor Michnowicz[/eluser]
I don't think you can do exactly what you are trying to do. However, depending on what you are trying to do, this may work:
Make sure that you are setting the third parameter of set_select() to select a default option.
Then, in your CSS, you should be able to target it like so:
Code:
option[selected="selected"] {
color: red;
font-weight: bold;
}I have not tested this, but it seems like it should work.
Form helper and classes for options - El Forum - 02-01-2011
[eluser]bigspring[/eluser]
Thanks for the advice. I don't think that will work in my case because I need to be able to select one entry, plus assign a class to any number of the options.
That's fine though, I'll either extend the helper or create the options manually.
Thanks.