JSF equivalent of HTML select Tag

Question

Can any one please tell me how to achieve this in JSF.
<select>
  <option selected="selected" value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>I have tried this but its not working:
I want the "Volvo" option to be the default selected one.
<tr:selectOneChoice label="Car" required="true"
                          value="#{myBean.car}">
        <f:selectItem value="A" itemValue="A" itemLabel="Volvo"/>
        <f:selectItem value="B" itemValue="B" itemLabel="Saab"/>
        <f:selectItem value="C" itemValue="C" itemLabel="Mercedes"/>
        <f:selectItem value="D" itemValue="D" itemLabel="Audi"/>
  </tr:selectOneChoice>With the HTML code the VOLVO value comes as default selected, but with the JSF Code the default value is blank in the drop down. I want the first value to be selected in the drop down.
Some one please help.

Answer 1

You need to set the 'value' attribute of the selectOneChoice to the desired value as it is in f:selectItem's 'itemValue' attribute.
That said, the 'value' attribute of the f:selectItem should point to a javax.faces.model.SelectItem property, not a plain vanilla String. Also, you should either use that only, OR the itemValue and the itemLabel.