Empty element for html_options

Hi,

I'm on my first project using Smarty and have been wondering:

html_select_date has the option of having an empty option selected when
first opening a page.
I would like to have the same when using html_options. However I do
understand how to use this:

<select name="type_id">
    <option value='null'>-- none --</option>
    {html_options name=type options=$cust_options selected=$type_id}
</select>


This will give me two select tags, one inside the other am I right? Does not
seem easy to work with.

Any suggestions?


Thanks for your help.

Wojciech Duda