how to use ng-option to set default value of select element

Question

I\'ve seen the documentation of the Angular select directive here: http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.directive:select. I can\'t figure how to set the default value. This is

Answer 1

The ng-model attribute sets the selected option and also allows you to pipe a filter like orderBy:orderModel.value

index.html

controllers.js

$scope.orderOptions = [
    {"name":"Newest","value":"age"},
    {"name":"Alphabetical","value":"name"}
];

$scope.orderModel = $scope.orderOptions[0];