[angularjs] How to set a selected option of a dropdown list control using angular JS

I am using Angular JS and I need to set a selected option of a dropdown list control using angular JS. Forgive me if this is ridiculous but I am new with Angular JS

Here is the dropdown list control of my html

 <select ng-required="item.id==8 && item.quantity > 0" name="posterVariants"
   ng-show="item.id==8" ng-model="item.selectedVariant" 
   ng-change="calculateServicesSubTotal(item)"
   ng-options="v.name for v in variants | filter:{type:2}">
  </select>

After it gets populated I get

 <select ng-options="v.name for v in variants | filter:{type:2}" ng-change="calculateServicesSubTotal(item)"
ng-model="item.selectedVariant" ng-show="item.id==8" name="posterVariants"
ng-required="item.id==8 &amp;&amp; item.quantity &gt; 0" class="ng-pristine ng-valid ng-valid-required">
    <option value="?" selected="selected"></option>
    <option value="0">set of 6 traits</option>
    <option value="1">5 complete sets</option>
</select>

How can I set the control for value="0" to be selected?

Try the following:

JS file

this.options = { 
        languages: [{language: 'English', lg:'en'}, {language:'German', lg:'de'}]
};
console.log(signinDetails.language);

HTML file

<div class="form-group col-sm-6">
    <label>Preferred language</label>
    <select class="form-control" name="right" ng-model="signinDetails.language" ng-init="signinDetails.language = options.languages[0]" ng-options="l as l.language for l in options.languages"><option></option>
    </select>
</div>

This is the code what I used for the set selected value

countryList: any = [{ "value": "AF", "group": "A", "text": "Afghanistan"}, { "value": "AL", "group": "A", "text": "Albania"}, { "value": "DZ", "group": "A", "text": "Algeria"}, { "value": "AD", "group": "A", "text": "Andorra"}, { "value": "AO", "group": "A", "text": "Angola"}, { "value": "AR", "group": "A", "text": "Argentina"}, { "value": "AM", "group": "A", "text": "Armenia"}, { "value": "AW", "group": "A", "text": "Aruba"}, { "value": "AU", "group": "A", "text": "Australia"}, { "value": "AT", "group": "A", "text": "Austria"}, { "value": "AZ", "group": "A", "text": "Azerbaijan"}];_x000D_
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 for (var j = 0; j < countryList.length; j++) {_x000D_
      //debugger_x000D_
      if (countryList[j].text == "Australia") {_x000D_
          console.log(countryList[j].text); _x000D_
          countryList[j].isSelected = 'selected';_x000D_
      }_x000D_
      }

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.7.5/angular.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<label>Country</label>_x000D_
<select class="custom-select col-12" id="Country" name="Country"   >_x000D_
<option value="0" selected>Choose...</option>_x000D_
<option *ngFor="let country of countryList" value="{{country.text}}" selected="{{country.isSelected}}"   > {{country.text}}</option>_x000D_
</select>

try this on an angular framework

i see here already wrote good answers, but sometime to write the same in other form can be helpful

<div ng-app ng-controller="MyCtrl">
  <select ng-model="referral.organization" ng-options="c for c in organizations"></select>
</div>

<script type='text/javascript'>
  function MyCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.organizations = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];
    $scope.referral = {
      organization: $scope.organizations[2]
    };
  }
</script>

If you assign value 0 to item.selectedVariant it should be selected automatically. Check out sample on http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.directive:select which selects red color by default by simply assigning $scope.color='red'.

Simple way

If you have a Users as response or a Array/JSON you defined, First You need to set the selected value in controller, then you put the same model name in html. This example i wrote to explain in easiest way.
Simple example
Inside Controller:

$scope.Users = ["Suresh","Mahesh","Ramesh"]; 
$scope.selectedUser = $scope.Users[0];

Your HTML

<select data-ng-options="usr for usr in Users" data-ng-model="selectedUser">
</select>

complex example
Inside Controller:

$scope.JSON = {
       "ResponseObject":
           [{
               "Name": "Suresh",
               "userID": 1
           },
           {
               "Name": "Mahesh",
               "userID": 2
           }]
   };
   $scope.selectedUser = $scope.JSON.ResponseObject[0];

Your HTML

<select data-ng-options="usr.Name for usr in JSON.ResponseObject" data-ng-model="selectedUser"></select>
<h3>You selected: {{selectedUser.Name}}</h3>    

I don't know if this will help anyone or not but as I was facing the same issue I thought of sharing how I got the solution.

You can use track by attribute in your ng-options.

Assume that you have:

variants:[{'id':0, name:'set of 6 traits'}, {'id':1, name:'5 complete sets'}]

You can mention your ng-options as:

ng-options="v.name for v in variants track by v.id"

Hope this helps someone in future.

JS:

$scope.options = [
  {
    name: "a", 
    id: 1 
  },
  {
    name: "b",
    id: 2 
  }
];
$scope.selectedOption = $scope.options[1];

It can be usefull. Bindings dose not always work.

<select id="product" class="form-control" name="product" required
        ng-model="issue.productId"
        ng-change="getProductVersions()"
        ng-options="p.id as p.shortName for p in products">
</select>

For example. You fill options list source model from rest-service. Selected value was known befor filling list and was set. After executing rest-request with $http list option be done. But selected option is not set. By unknown reasons AngularJS in shadow $digest executing not bind selected as it shuold be. I gotta use JQuery to set selected. It`s important! Angular in shadow add prefix to value of attr "value" for generated by ng-repeat optinos. For int it is "number:".

$scope.issue.productId = productId;
function activate() {
   $http.get('/product/list')
     .then(function (response) {
       $scope.products = response.data;

       if (productId) {
           console.log("" + $("#product option").length);//for clarity                       
           $timeout(function () {
               console.log("" + $("#product option").length);//for clarity
               $('#product').val('number:'+productId);
               //$scope.issue.productId = productId;//not work at all
           }, 200);
       }
   });
}