Manually Set Value for FormBuilder Control

Question

This is driving me nuts, I\'m under the gun and can\'t afford to spend another whole day on this.

I am trying to manually set a control value (\'dept\') within the c

Answer 1

You could try this:

deptSelected(selected: { id: string; text: string }) {
  console.log(selected) // Shows proper selection!

  // This is how I am trying to set the value
  this.form.controls['dept'].updateValue(selected.id);
}

For more details, you could have a look at the corresponding JS Doc regarding the second parameter of the updateValue method: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/modules/angular2/src/common/forms/model.ts#L269.