How to add CSS classes to Zend_Form_Element_Select option

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Published on 2010-02-07T18:03:40Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 6:03 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to add a CSS class to a Zend_Form_Element_Select option, but I just can't find a way to do it.

The desired output would be something like this:

<select name="hey" id="hey">
    <option value="value1" style="parent">label1</option>
    <option value="value2" style="sibling">sublabel1</option>
    <option value="value3" style="sibling">sublabel2</option>
    <option value="value4" style="parent">label2</option>
    <option value="value5" style="sibling">sublabel3</option>
    <option value="value6" style="sibling">sublabel4</option>
</select>

But I'm getting this:

<select name="hey" id="hey">
    <option value="value1">label1</option>
    <option value="value2">sublabel1</option>
    <option value="value3">sublabel2</option>
    <option value="value4">label2</option>
    <option value="value5">sublabel3</option>
    <option value="value6">sublabel4</option>
</select>

I can't seem to pass a CSS class attribute to any of the options in the select element although I can style the select element itselft.

My code:

$sel = new Zend_Form_Element_Select('hey');
$sel->setRequired(true)->setLabel('Select an Option:');
$sel->addMultiOption('value1', 'label1', array('class' => 'parent'))
    ->addMultiOption('value2', 'sublabel1', array('class' => 'sibling')) (etc...);

After researching a bit I found out that Element_Select doesn't have a method for adding CSS styles to the options in the select box, only for the select itself.

So, how can I add them? Should I extend the form_element_select? Or would a custom decorator suffice? Can anyone give me a hint? I'm baffled with this.

Thanks in advance!

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