function theme_select

7.x form.inc theme_select($variables)
6.x form.inc theme_select($element)

Format a dropdown menu or scrolling selection box.

Parameters

$element: An associative array containing the properties of the element. Properties used: title, value, options, description, extra, multiple, required

Return value

A themed HTML string representing the form element.

It is possible to group options together; to do this, change the format of $options to an associative array in which the keys are group labels, and the values are associative arrays in the normal $options format.

Related topics

Default theme implementations
Functions and templates that present output to the user, and can be implemented by themes.
Form generation
Functions to enable the processing and display of HTML forms.
1 string reference to 'theme_select'
system_user in drupal-6.x/modules/system/system.module
Implementation of hook_user().
1 theme call to theme_select()
theme_taxonomy_term_select in drupal-6.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
Format the selection field for choosing terms (by deafult the default selection field is used).

File

drupal-6.x/includes/form.inc, line 1429

Code

function theme_select($element) {
  $select = '';
  $size = $element['#size'] ? ' size="' . $element['#size'] . '"' : '';
  _form_set_class($element, array('form-select'));
  $multiple = $element['#multiple'];
  return theme('form_element', $element, '<select name="' . $element['#name'] . '' . ($multiple ? '[]' : '') . '"' . ($multiple ? ' multiple="multiple" ' : '') . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) . ' id="' . $element['#id'] . '" ' . $size . '>' . form_select_options($element) . '</select>');
}