I'm using drupal need help keeping the drop down list to stay selected when I click on a button
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I have a drop down list in Drupal and a button when selecting from the drop down list and clicking on the button it stays on the same page with the drop down list with a different button. How can I keep the drop down to stay selected when triggering the button on the same page.



Example

[ drop down list ]  --- [ button 1 ] <-- Selecting from the drop down list and clicking on button 1.

[ drop down list should stay selected ]  --- [ button 2 ] stay on the same page with a different button the drop down list should have the selected value.