Play Framework how to set selected option in the form?

Question

I need to set selected option for select element, rendered with Play Framework helper. I could not find an example how to do it, even after looking at the docs .

I tried to do it like this, but still default value is selected:

@select(
    field = form("selectedCategory"),
    options = categoriesSeq,
    '_default -> "Choose One",
    '_label -> "Select category",
    'selected -> "1"
)

How to achieve it?

Answer 1

You may want to look at how use play forms .

In your code, what is the variable form ?

It should be a play.api.data.Form instance, passed into your view, from your controller.

I hope this helps.

Rhys