Angularjs: How to include empty option in select when using ng-option

Question

How can I add empty option in the beginning when I use ng-option to provide predefined list of options which doesn't include empty one?

An example in jade

select(ng-model="property.Value", ng-options="item.Value as item.Name for item in property.Choices")

score 52 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '13 at 01:11

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Just add an option with empty value inside of the select.

select(ng-model="property.Value", ng-options="item.Value as item.Name for item in property.Choices")
  option(value="")

answered Mar 27 '13 at 01:11

Sergiy Seletskyy

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What if the data comes from a services for example? Besides that I generally try to avoid view-specific things in the controller. It would be great if there was a way to do that in the view. Maybe using a directive?! – fnx Jul 15 '14 at 15:20
not working if you choose an option and then like to change back to empty option. – dang May 10 '16 at 18:52
@dang please provide an example when it doesn't work e.g. here is my another example - http://codepen.io/sseletskyy/pen/KzYaQq – Sergiy Seletskyy May 13 '16 at 13:20
@SergeSeletskyy dang is referring to the fiddle you provided, the first example with the "Show empty option by default" cannot be changed back to blank – Amicable Mar 16 '17 at 10:38

Richard Torcato · Answer 2 · 2014-05-15T20:36:47.903

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just modify the property.choices array in angular.

$scope.property.Choices.splice(0, 0, {"id":"0","Name":"Richard"});

edited May 15 '14 at 20:36

answered Apr 29 '14 at 17:29

Richard Torcato

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 21 '17 at 10:39

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This just worked for me by modifying the object

angular.extend({'Please Select' : ''},objectName)

answered Aug 21 '17 at 10:39

MrsPop88

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