From ee021fd7043c36d0b9c9731f69022b712aac7c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert <Robert@TryingToScale.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] select pick

---
 src/bootstrap/safer_io.php             |  7 +++--
 src/classes/form_builder/html_form.php | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php b/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php
index 375dfc6..b1f257b 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php
+++ b/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php
@@ -545,10 +545,11 @@ final class safer_io {
         if (isset($a->input_var)) {
             $user_text = $a->input_var;
         } elseif (isset($a->input_type) && $a->input_type instanceof \UnitEnum) {
-            if (empty($alt_name)) {
-                $user_text = self::get_input_by_type($input_field_name, $a->input_type);
-            } else {
+            if (isset($alt_name)) {
                 $user_text = self::get_input_by_type($alt_name, $a->input_type);
+                $meta['alt'][$input_field_name] = [$alt_name, $user_text];
+            } else {
+                $user_text = self::get_input_by_type($input_field_name, $a->input_type);
             }
         } else {
             $ret['name'] = $input_field_name;
diff --git a/src/classes/form_builder/html_form.php b/src/classes/form_builder/html_form.php
index 0c18499..42f3eaf 100644
--- a/src/classes/form_builder/html_form.php
+++ b/src/classes/form_builder/html_form.php
@@ -128,12 +128,35 @@ class html_form {
         $skip_output = [];
         foreach(SafeIO::esv($input['html']) as $html) {
             $key = $html['name'] ?? "";
-            $html_output[$key] = $html['html'];
+            $alt = $html['meta']['alt'][$key] ?? null;
+            if (isset($alt)) {
+                $alt_name = $alt[0] ?? null;
+                $alt_value = $alt[1] ?? null;
+                if (isset($alt_name) && isset($alt_value)) {
+                    $html_output[$alt_name] = $alt_value;
+                } else {
+                     $html_output[$key] = $html['html'];
+                 }
+            } else {
+                $html_output[$key] = $html['html'];
+            }
+            
             $headers[$key] = $html['meta']['field_desc'][$key] ?? "";
-            $skipping = $html['meta']['skip_output'][$key] ?? null;
-            if ($skipping === true) {
-                $skip_output[$key] = true;
+            
+            if (isset($alt_name)) {
+                $skipping = $html['meta']['skip_output'][$key] ?? null;
+                if ($skipping === true) {
+                    // skip both alt_name and key
+                    $skip_output[$alt_name] = true;
+                    $skip_output[$key] = true;
+                }
+            } else {
+                $skipping = $html['meta']['skip_output'][$key] ?? null;
+                if ($skipping === true) {
+                    $skip_output[$key] = true;
+                }
             }
+            
             $show_labels = $html['meta']['show_label'][$key] ?? true;
             $form_type = $html['meta']['form_type'][$key] ?? FORM_TYPE::text;
             $form_data_list = $html['meta']['form_data_list'][$key] ?? [];
@@ -360,12 +383,22 @@ class html_form {
                 $html .= $this->build_options($children, $selected);
                 $html .= '</optgroup>';
             } else {
+                if ($value === "none") {
+                    $option[] = 'disabled';
+                    $option[] = 'hidden';
+                }
+                
                 $option['value'] ??= $value;
                 $label = $option['label'] ?? $option['value'];
                 unset($option['label']);
 
                 if (in_array($option['value'], $selected)) {
                     $option[] = 'selected';
+                } else {
+                    if ($value === "none") {
+                        $option[] = 'selected';
+                        $option['value'] = ""; // Force User to select...
+                    }
                 }
 
                 $html .= '<option'.$this->html->attributes($option).'>'.$this->html->escape($label).'</option>';