Ajax.InPlaceSelectEditor = Class.create(); 

Object.extend(Object.extend(Ajax.InPlaceSelectEditor.prototype, Ajax.InPlaceEditor.prototype), 
{
  createEditField: function() { 
  var text; 
  if(this.options.loadTextURL) 
  { text = this.options.loadingText; } 
  else
  { text = this.getText(); } 
  this.options.textarea = false; 
  var selectField = document.createElement("select"); 
  selectField.name = "value"; 
  var options=this.options.selectOptionsHTML; 
  for (var x=0; x<options.length; x++)
   { var option = document.createElement("option"); 
     option.appendChild(document.createTextNode(options[x])); 
     option.setAttribute("value",options[x]); 
     selectField.appendChild(option);
   } 
 
 $A(selectField.options).each(function(opt, index){ 
   if(text == opt.value) {
    selectField.selectedIndex = index; 
 } } );
  
 selectField.style.backgroundColor = this.options.highlightcolor; 
 this.editField = selectField; 
 if(this.options.loadTextURL) {
  this.loadExternalText(); 
  }
this.form.appendChild(this.editField); } });