>
> In my table definitions I do use comments to give directives, however,
> this is a custom form on a landing page, and I think labels and comments in
> this case make the form look ugly, so I use placeholders to replace the
> labels and comments. For a select this doesn't work:
>
> form.element('select[name=navID]').update(_placeholder='Select 4
> functions')
>
Guess so... placeholder isn't something you can use on a select.....only on
a input.
>
> Therefore, I was looking for a way to achieve the same using the zero
> option. This doesn't work:
>
> form.element('select[name=navID]').append(0,"Select 4 functions")
>
> TypeError: append() takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)
>
>
> But the solution Richard first provided (which for whatever reason, I did
> not give a try first, sorry)
> does work.
>
> Why doesn't append work and why does insert?
>
>
> That's how lists work in python. Either you append(something) meaning you
want "something" at the end of the list or you insert(in_what_position,
something) .
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