I am trying to ensure a user selects a value from a select box before submitting the form.
This works correctly with static options; it however fails when populating the options via a model using ng-options
Example
http://plnkr.co/edit/wRqSCNskLo5c48jy4nQf
I am using AngularJS 1.2.9
Thank you in advance.
In your example changing the data bound select to the following fixes the required directive. I'm not sure why exactly.
<select ng-model="selectedValue1" ng-options="opt for opt in ['Mazda2','Maxda3']" required>
<option></option>
</select>
You can also try ng-required="true" (it works on the latest AngularJS, not sure for 1.2.x).
<select ng-model="selectedValue1" ng-options="opt for opt in ['','Mazda2','Maxda3']" ng-required="true"></select>