Index: FormSelect.php
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--- FormSelect.php	(revision 23862)
+++ FormSelect.php	(working copy)
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
      * multiple-select elements).
      *
      * @param array|string $attribs Attributes added to the 'select' tag.
+     * the optional 'optionClasses' attribute is used to add a class to
+     * the options within the select (associative array linking the option
+     * value to the desired class)
      *
      * @param array $options An array of key-value pairs where the array
      * key is the radio value, and the array value is the radio text.
@@ -96,6 +99,13 @@
             unset($attribs['multiple']);
         }
 
+        // handle the options classes
+        $optionClasses = array();
+        if (isset($attribs['optionClasses'])) {
+            $optionClasses = $attribs['optionClasses'];
+            unset($attribs['optionClasses']);
+        }
+        
         // now start building the XHTML.
         $disabled = '';
         if (true === $disable) {
@@ -127,11 +137,11 @@
                         . $opt_disable
                         . ' label="' . $this->view->escape($opt_value) .'">';
                 foreach ($opt_label as $val => $lab) {
-                    $list[] = $this->_build($val, $lab, $value, $disable);
+                    $list[] = $this->_build($val, $lab, $value, $disable, $optionClasses);
                 }
                 $list[] = '</optgroup>';
             } else {
-                $list[] = $this->_build($opt_value, $opt_label, $value, $disable);
+                $list[] = $this->_build($opt_value, $opt_label, $value, $disable, $optionClasses);
             }
         }
 
@@ -148,18 +158,28 @@
      * @param string $label Options Label
      * @param array  $selected The option value(s) to mark as 'selected'
      * @param array|bool $disable Whether the select is disabled, or individual options are
+     * @param array $optionClasses The classes to associate with each option value
      * @return string Option Tag XHTML
      */
-    protected function _build($value, $label, $selected, $disable)
+    protected function _build($value, $label, $selected, $disable, $optionClasses = array())
     {
         if (is_bool($disable)) {
             $disable = array();
         }
 
+        $class = null;
+        if (array_key_exists($value, $optionClasses)) {
+            $class = $optionClasses[$value];
+        }
+
+
         $opt = '<option'
              . ' value="' . $this->view->escape($value) . '"'
              . ' label="' . $this->view->escape($label) . '"';
 
+             if ($class) {
+             $opt .= ' class="' . $class . '"';
+         }
         // selected?
         if (in_array((string) $value, $selected)) {
             $opt .= ' selected="selected"';