Here is the solution for the issue I raised. Yeah, it is a dumb question.
<html:select name="someBean" property="strArrValuesToBePreSelected"> <html:optionCollections name="sameBean" property="valuesToBeDisplayed"/> </html:select> If it is only one preselected vlaue then use "value" in html:select. The catch here that I understood later is property in html:select should be array of strings if strings are displayed in the option list. --------------------------------- Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.