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Optgroup Tag (Form Tag) Example

In this section, we are going to describe the optgroup tag. The optgroup tag is a UI tag that creates an optgroup component which needs to reside within a select tag <s:select>.

Add the following code snippet into the struts.xml file.
struts.xml

<action name="optgroupTag">
<result>/pages/uiTags/optgroupTag.jsp</result>
</action>

Create a jsp using the tag <s:optgroup> within the <s:select> tag. Itcreates an optgroup component. This tag contains few parameters:

The label parameter sets the label attribute In our case we have set it to "Hardware" and "Software".

optgroupTag.jsp


<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>

<html>

  <head>

  <title>Optgroup Tag Example!</title> 

  </head>

  <body>

 <h1><span style="background-color: #FFFFcc">Optgroup Tag Example!

		</span></h>

 <s:form>

 <s:select label="Please Select"

  name="select"

 list="%{#{'PROGRAMMING':'Programming', 'DATABASE':'DataBase',

  
'WEBAPPLICATION':'WebApplication'}}">

  <s:optgroup label="Hardware"

  list="%{#{'CPU':'Centeral Processing Unit','MOUSE':'Mouse',

   
'KEYBOARD':'Keyboard'}}" />

  <s:optgroup label="Software"

  list="%{#{'SYSTEM SOFTWARE':'System Software','APPLICATION 

 
SOFTWARE':'Application Software'}}" />

  </s:select>

  </s:form>

  </body>

</html>

Output of the optgroupTag.jsp:

Optgroup Tag (Form Tag) Example

Optgroup Tag (Form Tag) Example

Optgroup Tag (Form Tag) Example

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