# Formhelper somehow?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formhelper-somehow/173463>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 9, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formhelper-somehow/173463 "2009-08-09T21:50:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![RVince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RVince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RVince)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formhelper-somehow/173463/1 "2009-08-09T21:50:04Z")

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I have a select box, which is a javascript mashup that allows for an  
editable select (i.e. index 0 is editable). I have it specified in  
nearly straight html / js in my .html.erb form. The option values \> 0  
I would like to read from a table (I have a Channelnote model and  
table creates, and I would like to have the values correspond  
to Channelnote.note values).

How can I shoehorn what I have, below, into a formhelper somehow such  
that I can accomplish this? Thanks, Rvince

\<SELECT name=“channelnotes” id=“channelnotes” style="width:350px;  
onKeyDown=“fnKeyDownHandler(this, event);” onKeyUp=“fnKeyUpHandler\_A  
(this, event); return false;” onKeyPress = “return fnKeyPressHandler\_A  
(this, event);” onChange=“fnChangeHandler\_A(this, event);”\>

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