Angular Material md-select default selected value

Question

I am using Angular 2 with Angular Material. Looking at the documentation, I am trying to get the select to have a default value as oppose to an empty place holder.

Answer 1

Use [(ngModel)]:

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Component:

selectedOption = '1';

DEMO

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Edit #1:

Since Material2.0.0#beta10 (specifically this PR) you can select a value using the value property of MatSelect:

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Component:

selectedOption = '1';

Note that you can also use it with two-way data binding -> [(value)].

DEMO