JSF / Primefaces: Pre Select an option in a OneMenu

Question

I have a simple OneMenu in JSF:

@ManagedBean
@ViewScoped
public class ProductBean {
  ...
  protected static Map<String, String> priceTypes;
  ...
  getter & setter
}

<p:selectOneMenu id="sizeType" >
  <f:selectItems value="#{productBean.priceTypes}" />
</p:selectOneMenu>

In my usecase, i want to preselect[1] an option out of "priceTypes" - how can i do that?

I am using Glassfish 3.1.2.2 with Primefaces 3.4.1

[1] See "selected" at http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_option.asp

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '12 at 11:04

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I am not sure about pfaces, but in plain JSF you just have to set the value attribute in the selectOneMenu tag, and make sure that the value returned by the bean is in the select list.

<p:selectOneMenu id="sizeType" value="#{myBean.sizeType}>
  <f:selectItems value="#{productBean.priceTypes}" />
 </p:selectOneMenu>

Of course, sizeType must mutch the key of your map.

answered Oct 13 '12 at 11:04

SJuan76

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...and just make sure that your `@PostConstruct` method initializes the suggested `sizeType` to your default choice. – Tasos P. Oct 13 '12 at 11:13
That's it, thank you (to be clear: also works with primefaces)! – Markus Schulte Oct 13 '12 at 11:54

JSF / Primefaces: Pre Select an option in a OneMenu

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