How to use select/option/NgFor on an array of objects in Angular2 [duplicate]

Answer 1

I don't know what things were like in the alpha, but I'm using beta 12 right now and this works fine. If you have an array of objects, create a select like this:

<select [(ngModel)]="simpleValue"> // value is a string or number
    <option *ngFor="let obj of objArray" [value]="obj.value">{{obj.name}}</option>
</select>

If you want to match on the actual object, I'd do it like this:

<select [(ngModel)]="objValue"> // value is an object
    <option *ngFor="let obj of objArray" [ngValue]="obj">{{obj.name}}</option>
</select>

Answer 2

I'm no expert with DOM or Javascript/Typescript but I think that the DOM-Tags can't handle real javascript object somehow. But putting the whole object in as a string and parsing it back to an Object/JSON worked for me:

interface TestObject {
  name:string;
  value:number;
}

@Component({
  selector: 'app',
  template: `
      <h4>Select Object via 2-way binding</h4>

      <select [ngModel]="selectedObject | json" (ngModelChange)="updateSelectedValue($event)">
        <option *ngFor="#o of objArray" [value]="o | json" >{{o.name}}</option>
      </select>

      <h4>You selected:</h4> {{selectedObject }}
  `,
  directives: [FORM_DIRECTIVES]
})
export class App {
  objArray:TestObject[];
  selectedObject:TestObject;
  constructor(){
    this.objArray = [{name: 'foo', value: 1}, {name: 'bar', value: 1}];
    this.selectedObject = this.objArray[1];
  }
  updateSelectedValue(event:string): void{
    this.selectedObject = JSON.parse(event);
  }
}