Using elementtree to Create HTML Form / Set "selected"

[Doug]

On Aug 12, 10:47 am, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > I'm using elementtree to create a form.
>
> > I would like to set the "selected" attribute.
>
> > Setting using the usual
> >  option.set( "selected" = "" )
>
> Maybe that should be option.set(selected="selected"). I think
>
> <option selected="selected">
>
> and
>
> <option selected>
>
> are equivalent.
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.3.4.2
>
>
>
> > gives me
> >   <option selected="" value="operations">Operations</option>
> > how does one make
> >   <option selected value="operations">Operations</option>
> > which is what I need.

Makes sense to me. Thanks!