If your main concern is freedom for the designer, then using your third solution (with the html_loop) is by far the best. No other solution gives the designer the option to switch to a list of checkboxes or radio buttons, or style individual options.

Here's an example of a styled select box: 

<html>
<style>
.even { background-color: #ccc }
.odd  { font-weight: bold }
</style>
<body>

<form>
<select>
<option class=odd> one
<option class=even> two
<option class=odd> one
<option class=even> two
<option class=odd> one
<option class=even> two
</select>
</form>

</body>
</html>

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You could use HTML::Template's __odd__ and __even__ attributes for this, for example. But there's no way to do this with your FillInForm subclass idea.

In reply to Re: Populating options in html select. by rhesa
in thread Populating options in html select. by techcode

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