How to set selected select option in Handlebars template

Answer 1

If you have very few options and you don't want to write a helper, here is what you can do:

//app.js
var data = {selectedVal: 'b'}; 

// can also use switch ... case ...
if (data.selectedVal === 'a') {
   data.optionASelected = true;
} else if (data.selectedVal === 'b') {
   data.optionBSelected = true;
}

// assuming you have a template function to handle this data
templateFunc(data);

In your template file: