I'm have a problem fetching the properties of an object which has been selected from a select list in Angular 2 (RC1). Take the following syntax:
<select required [(ngModel)]="model.plan">
<option selected="selected" disabled>Plan...</option>
<option *ngFor="#plan of plans" [value]="plan">{{ plan.name }}</option>
</select>
Where plans
is defined as an array of objects:
[{ name: 'Plan 1' }, { name: 'Plan 2' }]
If you try and output the value of one of the keys of the selected object, nothing appears to be displayed:
<p>{{ model.plan?.name }}</p> // Shows nothing if a plan is selected
Here is a fork of the Angular2 form live demo, showing this problem. Select "Plan 2" from the select list, and see that nothing is displayed.
What's going on here?
To use objects as value use [ngValue]
instead of [value]
. [value]
only supports string ids.
<select required [(ngModel)]="model"> <!-- <== changed -->
<option selected="selected" disabled>Plan...</option>
<option *ngFor="#plan of plans" [ngValue]="plan">{{ plan.name }}</option>
</select>
Plunker example
model
needs to point to one of the elements in plans
to work as default value (it needs to be the same instance, not another instance containing the same values).
As far as I can see, there's still an issue with two-way binding to a select
. So try this:
Template
<select required [(ngModel)]="model.plan" (change)="setPlan($event.target.value)">
<option selected="selected" disabled>Plan...</option>
<option *ngFor="#plan of plans" [value]="plan.name">{{ plan.name }}</option>
</select>
Component Class
setPlan(value) {
//if you're on older versions of ES, use for-in instead
var plan = this.plans.find(p => p.name = value);
if(plan) { this.model.plan = plan; }
}
Couldn't try it, for some reason plunkr has never worked for me.