Binding select element to object in Angular

Question

I\'d like to bind a select element to a list of objects -- which is easy enough:

@Component({
   selector: \'myApp\',
   template: `
My Application&         


        

Answer 1

This code is very simple:

<select class="form-control" id="marasemaat" style="margin-top: 10%;font-size: 13px;" [(ngModel)]="fullNamePresentor" [formControl]="stateControl"  
            (change)="onSelect($event.target.value)">
            <option *ngFor="let char of programInfo1;let i = index;"   onclick="currentSlide(9,false)" value={{char.id}}>{{char.title + " "}}  ----> {{char.name + " "+ char.family }} ---- > {{(char.time.split('T', 2)[1]).split(':',2)}}</option>
  
          </select>

Answer 2

In app.component.html:

 <select type="number" [(ngModel)]="selectedLevel">
          <option *ngFor="let level of levels" [ngValue]="level">{{level.name}}</option>
        </select>

And app.component.ts:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: [ './app.component.css' ]
})
export class AppComponent  {
  levelNum:number;
  levels:Array<Object> = [
      {num: 0, name: "AA"},
      {num: 1, name: "BB"}
  ];

  toNumber(){
    this.levelNum = +this.levelNum;
    console.log(this.levelNum);
  }

  selectedLevel = this.levels[0];

  selectedLevelCustomCompare = {num: 1, name: "BB"}

  compareFn(a, b) {
    console.log(a, b, a && b && a.num == b.num);
    return a && b && a.num == b.num;
  }
}

Answer 3

<h1>My Application</h1>
<select [(ngModel)]="selectedValue">
  <option *ngFor="let c of countries" [ngValue]="c">{{c.name}}</option>
</select>

StackBlitz example

NOTE: you can use [ngValue]="c" instead of [ngValue]="c.id" where c is the complete country object.

[value]="..." only supports string values
[ngValue]="..." supports any type

update

If the value is an object, the preselected instance needs to be identical with one of the values.

See also the recently added custom comparison https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13268 available since 4.0.0-beta.7

<select [compareWith]="compareFn" ...

Take care of if you want to access this within compareFn.

compareFn = this._compareFn.bind(this);

// or 
// compareFn = (a, b) => this._compareFn(a, b);

_compareFn(a, b) {
   // Handle compare logic (eg check if unique ids are the same)
   return a.id === b.id;
}

Answer 4

You Can Select the Id using a Function

<option *ngFor="#c of countries" (change)="onchange(c.id)">{{c.name}}</option>

Answer 5

Also, if nothing else from given solutions doesn't work, check if you imported "FormsModule" inside of "AppModule", that was a key for me.

Answer 6

Create another getter for selected item

<form [formGroup]="countryForm">
  <select formControlName="country">
    <option *ngFor="let c of countries" [value]="c.id">{{c.name}}</option>
  </select>

  <p>Selected Country: {{selectedCountry?.name}}</p>
</form>

In ts :

get selectedCountry(){
  let countryId = this.countryForm.controls.country.value;
  let selected = this.countries.find(c=> c.id == countryId);
  return selected;
}