title: Specify a default selected item for HTML form drop-downs
body: <p>Typically when you need to select an item by default, you do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select&gt;
    &lt;option value="1"&gt;                 Volvo  &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="2" selected="true"&gt; Saab  &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="3"&gt;                 Mercedes  &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="4"&gt;                 Audi  &lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible to get something like this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select selectedValue="2"&gt;
    &lt;option value="1"&gt;  Volvo  &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="2"&gt;  Saab  &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="3"&gt;  Mercedes  &lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value="4"&gt;  Audi  &lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It works out easier in PHP since you only have to soft-code one value, instead of handling the selected attribute on any possible <code>&lt;option/&gt;</code>.</p>