secondSelectTag()

Signature

secondSelectTag() — returns string

Available in: controller Category: Form Tag Functions

Description

Builds and returns a string containing one select form control for the seconds of a minute based on the supplied name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	yes	—	Name to populate in tag’s name attribute.
selected	string	no	—	The second that should be selected initially.
secondStep	numeric	no	1	Pass in 10 to only show seconds 10, 20, 30, etc.
includeBlank	any	no	false	Whether to include a blank option in the select form control. Pass true to include a blank line or a string that should represent what display text should appear for the empty value (for example, ”- Select One -”).
label	string	no	—	The label text to use in the form control.
labelPlacement	string	no	around	Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control. Label text placement can be controlled using aroundLeft or aroundRight.
prepend	string	no	—	String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
append	string	no	—	String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabel	string	no	—	String to prepend to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabel	string	no	—	String to append to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
encode	any	no	true	Use this argument to decide whether the output of the function should be encoded in order to prevent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Set it to true to encode all relevant output for the specific HTML element in question (e.g. tag content, attribute values, and URLs). For HTML elements that have both tag content and attribute values you can set this argument to attributes to only encode attribute values and not tag content.
$now	date	no	[runtime expression]

Examples

// 1. Basic usage — render a seconds select for a countdown form
#secondSelectTag(name="secondsToLaunch", selected=params.secondsToLaunch)#

// 2. Only show 15-second intervals (0, 15, 30, 45)
#secondSelectTag(name="secondsToLaunch", selected=params.secondsToLaunch, secondStep=15)#

// 3. Include a blank option and wrap with a label
#secondSelectTag(name="second", selected=params.second, includeBlank=true, label="Second")#