--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2025/02/07 05:40:54	1.1451
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2025/02/14 05:15:59	1.1452
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1451 2025/02/07 05:40:54 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1452 2025/02/14 05:15:59 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1250,9 +1250,8 @@ END
             %select2 = %{$hashref->{$firstdefault}->{'select2'}};
         }
     }
-    $result .= $middletext;
     if ($middletext ne '') {
-        $result .= '<label>';
+        $result .= '<label>'.$middletext;
     }
     $result .= "<select size=\"1\" name=\"$secondselectname\"";
     if ($onchangesecond) {