[angular] Set default option in mat-select

I have a simple select option form field in my Angular material project:

component.html

  <mat-form-field>
    <mat-select [(value)]="modeSelect" placeholder="Mode">
      <mat-option value="domain">Domain</mat-option>
      <mat-option value="exact">Exact</mat-option>
    </mat-select>
  </mat-form-field>

Where [(value)]="modeSelect" is binded to the modeSelect property in the component.ts file

I want to make it so the <mat-option value="domain">Domain</mat-option> is selected by default on page load.

ng-selected did not work for me

Try this

<mat-form-field>
    <mat-select [(ngModel)]="modeselect" [placeholder]="modeselect">
        <mat-option value="domain">Domain</mat-option>
        <mat-option value="exact">Exact</mat-option>
    </mat-select>
</mat-form-field>

Component:

export class SelectValueBindingExample {
    public modeselect = 'Domain';
}

Live demo

Also, don't forget to import FormsModule in your app.module

On your typescript file, just assign this domain on modeSelect on Your ngOnInit() method like below:



 ngOnInit() {
        this.modeSelect = "domain";
      }

And on your html, use your select list.

<mat-form-field>
        <mat-select  [(value)]="modeSelect" placeholder="Mode">
          <mat-option value="domain">Domain</mat-option>
          <mat-option value="exact">Exact</mat-option>
        </mat-select>
      </mat-form-field>

HTML

<mat-form-field>
<mat-select [(ngModel)]="modeSelect" placeholder="Mode">
  <mat-option *ngFor="let obj of Array"  [value]="obj.value">{{obj.value}}</mat-option>
</mat-select>

Now set your default value to

modeSelect

, where you are getting the values in Array variable.

I would like to add to Narm's answer here and have added the same as a comment under her answer.

Basically the datatype of the value assigned to [(value)] should match the datatype of the [value] attribute used for the mat-options. Especially if some one populates the options using an *ngFor as below

<mat-form-field fxHide.gt-sm='true'>
        <mat-select [(value)]="heroes[0].id">
          <mat-option *ngFor="let hero of heroes" [value]="hero.id">{{ hero.name }}</mat-option>
        </mat-select>
</mat-form-field>

Notice that, if you change the [(value)]="heroes[0].id" to [(value)]="heroes[0].name" it won't work as the data types don't match.

These are my findings, please feel free to correct me if needed.

Read this if you are populating your mat-select asyncronously via an http request.

If you are using a service to make an api call to return the mat-select options values, you must set the 'selected value' on your form control as part of the 'complete' section of your service api call subscribe().

For example:

  this.customerService.getCustomers().subscribe(
  customers => this.customers = customers ,
  error => this.errorMessage = error as any,
  () => this.customerSelectControl.setValue(this.mySelectedValue));

Using Form Model (Reactive Forms)

--- Html code--
<form [formGroup]="patientCategory">
<mat-form-field class="full-width">
    <mat-select placeholder="Category" formControlName="patientCategory">
        <mat-option>--</mat-option>
        <mat-option *ngFor="let category of patientCategories" [value]="category">
            {{category.name}} 
        </mat-option>
    </mat-select>
</mat-form-field>

----ts code ---

ngOnInit() {

        this.patientCategory = this.fb.group({
            patientCategory: [null, Validators.required]
        });

      const toSelect = "Your Default Value";
      this.patientCategory.get('patientCategory').setValue(toSelect);
    }

With out form Model

--- html code --
<mat-form-field>
  <mat-label>Select an option</mat-label>
  <mat-select [(value)]="selected">
    <mat-option>None</mat-option>
    <mat-option value="option1">Option 1</mat-option>
    <mat-option value="option2">Option 2</mat-option>
    <mat-option value="option3">Option 3</mat-option>
  </mat-select>
</mat-form-field>

---- ts code -- selected = 'option1'; Here take care about type of the value assigning

This issue vexed me for some time. I was using reactive forms and I fixed it using this method. PS. Using Angular 9 and Material 9.

In the "ngOnInit" lifecycle hook

1) Get the object you want to set as the default from your array or object literal

const countryDefault = this.countries.find(c => c.number === '826');

Here I am grabbing the United Kingdom object from my countries array.

2) Then set the formsbuilder object (the mat-select) with the default value.

this.addressForm.get('country').setValue(countryDefault.name);

3) Lastly...set the bound value property. In my case I want the name value.

<mat-select formControlName="country">
   <mat-option *ngFor="let country of countries" [value]="country.name" >
          {{country.name}}

  </mat-option>
</mat-select>

Works like a charm. I hope it helps

It took me several hours to figure out this until the similarity of the datatypes between the array and that of the default value worked for me...

Normally you are going to do this in your template with FormGroup, Reactive Forms, etc...

    this.myForm = this.fb.group({
      title: ['', Validators.required],
      description: ['', Validators.required],
      isPublished: ['false',Validators.required]
    });

Try this:

<mat-select [(ngModel)]="defaultValue">
export class AppComponent {
  defaultValue = 'domain';
}

I was able to set the default value or whatever value using the following:

Template:
          <mat-form-field>
              <mat-label>Holiday Destination</mat-label>
              <mat-select [(ngModel)]="selectedCity" formControlName="cityHoliday">
                <mat-option [value]="nyc">New York</mat-option>
                <mat-option [value]="london">London</mat-option>
                <mat-option [value]="india">Delhi</mat-option>
                <mat-option [value]="Oslo">Oslo</mat-option>
              </mat-select>
          </mat-form-field>

Component:

export class WhateverComponent implements OnInit{

selectedCity: string;    

}

ngOnInit() {
    this.selectedCity = 'london';
} 

}