form_dropdown and selected

[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
This is another reason why I don't really get using helpers to generate markup. The markup is so simple to begin with, does it really simplify anything? What's the benefit?

If you MUST do it this way, a crappy hack could be to just use JavaScript to insert the first element...

Code:

< script type='text/javascript' >
$('select').prepend("<option selected='selected' disabled='disabled'>Please select...</option>");
< /script>

This example uses jQuery