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
Create a jsp using the tag <s:optgroup> within the <s:select> tag. It creates 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
Output of the optgroupTag.jsp:
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. It creates 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:
