How would I see that an element is pre-selected or highlighted just the way it happens with selected keyword in regular <option> tag.. What I am trying to do here is populate a collection of objects on multi-select box, some of them pre-populated. I tried <html:optionsCollection.. but I am trying to see if there is any way to get around this without having to use iterate tag and a regular option. Thanks a bunch.. Asritha
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