Unable to initialize a combobox selection

[rstearns01]

I'm trying something similar to what was posted at
http://forum.springframework.org/sho...ighlight=combo
and am trying to set an initial selection:

JComboBox typeSelector = getFormModel().createBoundComboBox( 
"type", new String[] { "animal", "vegetable", "mineral"});
typeSelector.setSelectedIndex(0);  // also tried setSelectedItem("animal")

yet when it displays, an empty selection appears. The original list items are contained in the pull down.

Has anyone else had this issue?