The header value of the struts2 select tag does not repopulate when validation fails

Question

I have the following <s:select> tag for a drop down list of states and a default state determined by defaultStateId.

<s:select name = "stateId" 
            id = "chooseState" 
          list = "stateList" 
       listKey = "codeId" 
     listValue = "shortDescription"  
         value = "defaultStateId"  
     headerKey = "0" 
   headerValue = "-Select-" 
         class = "form-control" 
      tabindex = "12"/>

If the user selects any state and the validation fails the state they chose repopulates on the page when the error is displayed on the page (which is what I want).

But if they choose the headerValue -Select-, it does not repopulate even though the stateId is 0 when the validate() method runs.

Why does the value="defaultId" override the choice of -Select- but not the choice of any state? Any help would be appreciated.

Is `defaultStateId` fixed or is it dynamically calculated in the `execute()` method ? — Andrea Ligios, Mar 17 '16 at 14:35
I found the issue thanks to your questions. The getDefaultStateId() method returns the defaultStateId from a code table if the id value is 0 so it over writes the '-Select-` option. Thanks!. — ponder275, Mar 17 '16 at 15:40

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 21 '18 at 22:34

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Change headerKey to "-1". That should fix it.

edited Aug 21 '18 at 22:34

Robert Columbia

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answered Aug 21 '18 at 19:14

sam

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Some more explanations would be very nice. – colidyre Aug 21 '18 at 19:52

The header value of the struts2 select tag does not repopulate when validation fails

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