How to include a "Please select..." (default/prompt) in a grouped dropdown list?

Question

The code I am using for the dropdown list is this:

<%= f.select :post_type_id, option_groups_from_collection_for_select(@categories, :post_types, :name, :id, :name) %>

It neatly divides the options into optgroups.

But how do I modify the code to include a prompt (or a default value) of "Please select..." ?

It seems hard to do with grouped dropdowns. (The rails docs seem to suggest using a hash, but I've tried several alternatives without success.)

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Answer 1

Bah, right after I posted the question I found the answer was in the docs for select, and not under option_groups_from_collection_for_selectdocs where I had been looking.

The answer is:

<%= f.select :post_type_id, option_groups_from_collection_for_select(@categories, :post_types, :name, :id, :name), :include_blank => "Please select..." %>

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