[TYPO3-shop] categories in dropdown/select box?

[Martin Keck]

Hi all,

I'm having a problem with tt_products 2.4.9 on Typo3 3.8.1:

I'd like to put my categories in a select box on the start page of the 
shop. When setting the property "displayCatListType" to "select" (like 
it is said in the manual) everything seems to look fine - the select box 
appears.

BUT:
When choosing a category from the select box nothing happens. Taking a 
look at the source code reveals that (1) the select box isn't rendered 
correctly (anchors in option, </selectul>) and (2) that no javascript or 
button is included that would be able to react to any action:

<select id="cat1">
	<option value="1">
		<a href="">
			Energieeinsparen
		</a>
	</option>
	<option value="2">
		<a href="">
			Immobilieneigentum
		</a>
	</option>
</select></selectul>

I would be able to change this thing in the php code, but I wonder, if I 
was the first one to encounter this problem (since we have already 
version 2.4.9 of tt_products!). And maybe I'm just doing something wrong...

So, has anyone seen this before, and who knows a quick and clean bugfix 
(without necessarily changing the php code)?

Greets,
Martin Keck

ps: Since this is my first message on any Typo3-Mailinglist, a big hello 
to all Typo3-enthusiastics out there!