set selected value in angular5 ng-select programmaticaly

Question

I\'m using angular5 ng-select component: https://github.com/ng-select/ng-select and try to set the selected value (programatically) when the container component

Answer 1

Just find the item

    let item = this.ngSelect.itemsList.findByLabel('label of the item');

and then set it back

    this.ngSelect.select(item);

you need a reference to ng-select in your angular component

    @ViewChild(NgSelectComponent)
    ngSelect: NgSelectComponent;