How to trigger ng-change in directive test in AngularJS

Question

I have the following AngularJS directive that creates an input element. Input has ng-change attribute that runs doIt() function. In my

Answer 1

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How to select value from html-select, using Karma, and so get ng-change function working?

HTML:

Controller or directive JS:

  $scope.itemTypes = [{name: 'Some name 1', value: 'value_1'}, {name: 'Some name 2', value: 'value_2'}]

  $scope.itemTypeSelected = function () {
    console.log("Yesssa !!!!");
  };

Karma test fragment:

  angular.element(element.find("#selectedItemType")[0]).val('value_1').change();
  console.log("selected model.selectedItemType", element.isolateScope().model.selectedItemType);

Console:

'Yesssa !!!!'
'selected model.selectedItemType', 'value_1'