Set value of <mat-select> programmatically
Solution 1
Solved this issue with changing the value of <mat-option>
from category
object to its id.
<mat-form-field>
<mat-select [formControlName]="'category'"
[errorStateMatcher]="errorStateMatcher">
<mat-option *ngFor="let category of categories" [value]="category.id">
{{category.name}}
</mat-option>
</mat-select>
</mat-form-field>
and setting value:
this.productForm.controls['category'].setValue(this.product.category.id);
Solution 2
The Angular mat-select
compares by reference between that object and all the available objects in the mat-select
. As a result, it fails to select the items you have set in the category field. Consequently, you have to implement the compare function to compare any of the list items' attributes as you want, and then pass this function to the [compareWith]
attribute of the mat-select
.
To conclude, Here is a snapshot for the final markup and script:
<mat-form-field>
<mat-select [formControlName]="category" [compareWith]="compareCategoryObjects">
<mat-option *ngFor="let category of categories" [value]="category">
{{category.name}}
</mat-option>
</mat-select>
</mat-form-field>
And in the component class:
compareCategoryObjects(object1: any, object2: any) {
return object1 && object2 && object1.id == object2.id;
}
Now it will select the item -or items if multiple select- you set for the field.
Reference:
https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/10214
Working Sample:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-material2-issue-t8rp7j
Solution 3
The way you can achieve this using objects is to change the markup like so:
<mat-select [formControlName]="'category'"
[errorStateMatcher]="errorStateMatcher" [compareWith]="compareFn">
<mat-option *ngFor="let category of categories" [value]="category">
{{category.name}}
</mat-option>
</mat-select>
Then in component
compareFn(x: Category, y: Category): boolean {
return x && y ? x.id === y.id : x === y;
}
Solution 4
I think in here you should use FormGroup.setValue
.
According to your code,
this.productForm.setValue({
name: this.product.name,
category: this.product.category
});
For more info please refer the documentation
TomOw
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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TomOw almost 2 years
I'm trying to set value of 2 fields
<input matInput>
abnd<mat-select>
programatically. For text input everything works as expected however for the<mat-select>
on the view this field is just like it would have value offnull
. But if I would callconsole.log(productForm.controls['category'].value
it prints correct value that I set programmatically. Am I missing something?Here is the code:
form config:
productForm = new FormGroup({ name: new FormControl('', [ Validators.required ]), category: new FormControl('', [ Validators.required ]), });
setting value:
ngOnInit() { this.productForm.controls['name'].setValue(this.product.name); this.productForm.controls['category'].setValue(this.product.category); } }
html:
<mat-form-field> <mat-select [formControlName]="'category'" [errorStateMatcher]="errorStateMatcher"> <mat-option *ngFor="let category of categories" [value]="category"> {{category.name}} </mat-option> </mat-select> </mat-form-field>
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Thomas Carlisle about 3 yearsThis is the actual right answer. The accepted answer, by the OP, worked because OP changed the object binding to the mat-select to be the Id field, which is of a type that is a primitive type in Angular. Hence the "compareWith" works as built into Angular. If one needs to bind the mat-select to an object, then the compareWith needs to be defined. Not unlike in Java you need to implement equals and hashcode if you expect things to really work right.
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C Alonso C Ortega almost 2 yearsthis works well for me using reactive forms 😁