I do it the hard way...
<select name="dropdown">
  <option>Option 1</option>
  <option>Option 2</option>
  <option>Option 3</option>
</select>

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and on the perl side... 
my @dropdown = ('Option 1','Option 2','Option 3');
foreach $op (@dropdown) {
  if ($op eq $in{'dropdown}) { # I use cgi-lib.pl still...
    $dropdown .= "<option selected>$op</option>\n";
  } else {
    $dropdown .= "<option>$op</option>\n";
  }
}
# later on insert $dropdown somewhere on you're 
# HTML response page...

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As I said, I'm sure there are easier approaches to this, but I still do it ye good ol' way...

#!/home/bbq/bin/perl
# Trust no1!

In reply to Re: How to keep the state of a drop down select box in perl by BBQ
in thread How to keep the state of a drop down select box in perl by symŽ

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