theme_select

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Definition

theme_select($element)
includes/form.inc, line 654

Description

Format a dropdown menu or scrolling selection box.

It is possible to group options together; to do this, change the format of $options to an associative array in which the keys are group labels, and the values are associative arrays in the normal $options format.

Parameters

$element An associative array containing the properties of the element. Properties used: title, value, options, description, extra, multiple, required

Return value

A themed HTML string representing the form element.

Related topics

Name	Description
Form generation	Functions to enable output of HTML forms and form elements.

Code

<?php
function theme_select($element) {
  $select = '';
  $size = $element['#size'] ? ' size="' . $element['#size'] . '"' : '';
  _form_set_class($element, array('form-select'));
  return theme('form_element', $element['#title'], '<select name="'. $element['#name'] .''. ($element['#multiple'] ? '[]' : '') .'"'. ($element['#multiple'] ? ' multiple="multiple" ' : '') . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) .' id="' . $element['#id'] .'" '. $size .'>'. form_select_options($element) .'</select>', $element['#description'], $element['#id'], $element['#required'], form_get_error($element));
}
?>