The easiest way is to use CGI.pm. It will repopulate all your fields automatically when the page is redrawn after a submit. Try this code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI qw(:standard);
$cgi = new CGI;
print header(), start_html();
print start_form(-action=>$cgi->script_name());
print hidden(-name=>'PrevSelect', -value=>$cgi->param('Select'));

%labels = ("foo"=>"Foo", "bar"=>"Bar", "baz"=>"Baz");
print popup_menu(-name=>'Select',
                 -values=>[keys %labels], 
                 -default=>'baz',
                 -labels=> \%labels);
print submit();
print end_form(), end_html();

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It will preserve whatever is in the popup_menu (<SELECT>) selection after an action has been taken.

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

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