Sure it's helpful, but how about simply running your 'fish configurator' through CGI::popup_menu? 
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI::Pretty qw(:standard);

my %fish = (
   "Fresh water fish"        => "fish1.jpg",
   "Salt water fish"         => "fish2.jpg",
   "One fish"                => "seuss1.jpg",   
   "Two fish"                => "seuss2.jpg",   
   "Thanks for all the fish" => "adams.jpg",
);

print start_form,
   popup_menu(
      -name   => 'fish',
      -values => [map {$fish{$_}} sort keys %fish],
      -labels => \%fish,
   ),
   end_form,
;

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UPDATE:
Thanks for watching my back, Coruscate, i was caught up by the -values key -- kept thinking that it needed the hash values, not the hash keys ... oops. Thanks again. :)

jeffa

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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) 2Re: Drop-down list Option Value by jeffa
in thread Drop-down list Option Value by Happyjack

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