Angular ui-select: How to bind only selected value to ng-model

Question

$scope.property = new Property();
$scope.property.propertyType = {};

$scope.propertyTypes = [
    { value: 'ResidentialPlot', name: 'Residential Plot' },
    { value: 'CommercialPlot', name: 'Commercial Plot' },
    { value: 'Apartment', name: 'Apartment/Flat' },
    { value: 'Townhouse', name: 'Townhouse' },
    { value: 'House', name: 'Single Family House' },
    { value: 'Commercial', name: 'Commercial Property' }
];

<label for="ptype" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Property Type</label>
<p>Populated: {{property.propertyType}}</p>
<ui-select ng-model="property.propertyType" id="ptype" theme="selectize" ng-disabled="disabled" style="width: 300px;" title="Choose Property Type">
    <ui-select-match placeholder="Select a Property Type">{{$select.selected.value}}</ui-select-match>
    <ui-select-choices repeat="propType in propertyTypes">
        <span ng-bind-html="propType.name"></span>
        <small ng-bind-html="propType.value"></small>    
</ui-select-choices>

This gives me:

$scope.PropertyType = {"value":"Apartment","name":"Apartment/Flat"}

PropertyType in my schema is just a string so I want to bind selected value instead of selected JSON Item.

$scope.PropertyType = "Apartment"

What should I bind to my ng-model to get this?

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '15 at 16:29

You don't need $watch.

<ui-select ng-model="property.propertyType" id="ptype" theme="selectize" ng-disabled="disabled" style="width: 300px;" title="Choose Property Type">
    <ui-select-match placeholder="Select a Property Type">{{$select.selected.value}}</ui-select-match>
    <ui-select-choices repeat="propType.value as propType in propertyTypes track by $index | filter: $select.search">
        <div ng-bind-html="propType.value | highlight: $select.search"></div>    
</ui-select-choices>

Exactly what I was looking for. This should be the selected answer as it doesn't need extra code to make it work. Thanks. — Carlos Garcia, Mar 29 '16 at 18:27

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '15 at 00:39

You need to change in your select input the ng-model attribute to selected_propertyType and watch it when it changes, then extract value and assign it to propertyType

$scope.property = new Property();
$scope.property.propertyType = {};

$scope.propertyTypes = [
    { value: 'ResidentialPlot', name: 'Residential Plot' },
    { value: 'CommercialPlot', name: 'Commercial Plot' },
    { value: 'Apartment', name: 'Apartment/Flat' },
    { value: 'Townhouse', name: 'Townhouse' },
    { value: 'House', name: 'Single Family House' },
    { value: 'Commercial', name: 'Commercial Property' }
];

$scope.$watch('selected_propertyType',function(newValue,oldValue){
      if (newValue && newValue!=oldValue){
           $scope.propertyType = $scope.selected_propertyType.value;

      }

})


<label for="ptype" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Property Type</label>
<p>Populated: {{property.selected_propertyType}}</p>
<ui-select ng-model="property.selected_propertyType" id="ptype" theme="selectize" ng-disabled="disabled" style="width: 300px;" title="Choose Property Type">
    <ui-select-match placeholder="Select a Property Type">{{$select.selected.value}}</ui-select-match>
    <ui-select-choices repeat="propType in propertyTypes">
        <span ng-bind-html="propType.name"></span>
        <small ng-bind-html="propType.value"></small>    
</ui-select-choices>

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 14 '17 at 21:08

I had the same problem. I looked up the documentation in:

https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/wiki/ui-select-choices

The best way to do this is:

<ui-select ng-model="animal.names"> <ui-select-match>{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> <ui-select-choices group-by="groupFind" repeat="value.id as value in animals | filter: $select.search"> <div ng-bind-html="value.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> </ui-select-choices> </ui-select>

Note how we are able to specify value.id in repeat while still using value.name for what is shown within the combo box. This will work with ng-model being set to the value.id (whatever was saved).

I verified this works for me. Posting here because Google brings people to this page.

Himmet Avsar · Answer 4 · 2015-01-26T01:31:59.847

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You can use the select as notation:

repeat="propType as propType.value for propType in propertyTypes"

edited Jan 26 '15 at 01:31

answered Jan 26 '15 at 00:37

Himmet Avsar

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Tried this and it is breaking the select altogether while capturing the last value, could you please elaborate? – user3072575 Jan 26 '15 at 01:25
Here is what I got: Error: [ngRepeat:iidexp] '_item_' in '_item_ in _collection_' should be an identifier or '(_key_, _value_)' expression, but got 'propType.value – user3072575 Jan 26 '15 at 01:30
I think it should be `propType.value as propType.name for propType in propertyTypes` (`select as label for value in array`) so that the ng-model reflects value and select shows the text as name. But i dont know how uiselect behaves though. – PSL Jan 26 '15 at 01:36
Didn't work either. Not sure if "select as" feature itself was implemented in ui-select. Here is an issue reported back in May. https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/68 – user3072575 Jan 26 '15 at 02:22
Here is another articular about ng-options with standard select. Not sure if the same is extended to ui-select http://www.undefinednull.com/2014/08/11/a-brief-walk-through-of-the-ng-options-in-angularjs/ – user3072575 Jan 26 '15 at 02:23

Angular ui-select: How to bind only selected value to ng-model

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