In primefaces selectOneMenu , I want to show default value as one of the values from the selectItem list

Question

I have a p:selectOneMenu which is filled by SelectItem from the backing bean. Say the list has 4 items: Mango, Apple, Banana, Grapes. Here I want to show Banana as the default value selected on the page loads. How do I achieve this?

Answer 1

Consider this example:

                         <h:selectOneMenu 
                                valueChangeListener="#{cust.setRetailerId}"
                                onchange="submit()">
                                <f:selectItem itemValue="#{null}" 
                                itemLabel="-- select retailer --" noSelectionOption="true" />

                                <f:selectItems value="#{cust.getRetailers()}" var="retailer" 
                                itemValue="#{retailer.id}" itemLabel="#{retailer.name}" />

                            </h:selectOneMenu>

In this first option will be the default output with the tag noseletoption = "true".