How do I set the value property in AngularJS' ng-options?

Question

Here is what seems to be bothering a lot of people (including me).

When using the ng-options directive in AngularJS to fill in the options for a &

Answer 1

Here is how I solve this problem in a legacy application:

In HTML:

ng-options="kitType.name for kitType in vm.kitTypes track by kitType.id" ng-model="vm.itemTypeId"

In JavaScript:

vm.kitTypes = [
    {"id": "1", "name": "Virtual"},
    {"id": "2", "name": "Physical"},
    {"id": "3", "name": "Hybrid"}
];

...

vm.itemTypeId = vm.kitTypes.filter(function(value, index, array){
    return value.id === (vm.itemTypeId || 1);
})[0];

My HTML displays the option value properly.