I have an Angular2 component that contains a select box that looks like
Hopefully, this will help someone. Same problem as raised by OP but slightly different code.
Works in Angular 7.
HTML:
Unit test:
it('onFilterChange', () => {
// ensure dropdown is enabled
expect(component.disabled).toBe(false)
// spies
spyOn(component, 'onFilterChange').and.callThrough()
spyOn(component.filterChange, 'emit')
// initially the 3rd item in the dropdown is selected
const INITIAL_FILTER_INDEX = 2
// we want to select the 5th item in the dropdown
const FILTER_INDEX = 4
// the expected filter value is the value of the 5th dashboard filter (as used to populate the dropdown)
const EXPECTED_FILTER_VALUE = getDashboardFiltersData.dashboardFilters[FILTER_INDEX].value
// handle on the dropdown
const filterDropdown = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('select')).nativeElement
// let bindings complete
fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
// ensure filterDropdown.value is stable
expect(filterDropdown.value).toContain(getDashboardFiltersData.dashboardFilters[INITIAL_FILTER_INDEX].value)
// update filterDropdown.value and dispatch change event
filterDropdown.value = filterDropdown.options[FILTER_INDEX].value
filterDropdown.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'))
// check component data
expect(component.dashboardFilterValue).toBe(EXPECTED_FILTER_VALUE)
expect(component.dashboardFilterChangeInProgress).toBe(false)
// check spies
expect(component.onFilterChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(EXPECTED_FILTER_VALUE)
expect(setDashboardFilterSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(EXPECTED_FILTER_VALUE)
expect(component.filterChange.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true)
})
})