Remove first value ? object:null ? in select option Angularjs

Question

I'm having problems with select option in Angularjs This is code in file js

$scope.ListOption = [];
$scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "0", Name: Car });
$scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "1", Name: House });

Here's what the code HTML looks like

<select class="form-control" id="Category" ng-model="Category">

<option ng-repeat="option in ListOption" value="{{option.Value}}">
 {{option.Name}}</option>

</select>

The generated html is

<select class="form-control ng-pristine ng-valid" ng-model="Category" style="padding: 0px;">
<option value="? object:null ?"></option>
<option ng-repeat="option in ListOption" value="0" class="ng-binding ng-scope">Car</option>
<option ng-repeat="option in ListOption" value="1" class="ng-binding ng-scope">House</option>
</select>

I have quite a headache on this issue. Looking forward to having someone help me the other way

Answer 1

The first option

<option value="? object:null ?"></option>

is generated because the ngModel value Category is not defined and select will match the value of Caegory with its options. Since no option is undefined, it adds a dummy option itself.

To solve this yyu can initialize the ngModel value Category to the first option automatically or add a new option with value as blank string and then initialize Category to blank string. It will also trigger your validation if any. New options would be

$scope.Category = "";
$scope.ListOption = [];
$scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "", Name: "Please Select" });
$scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "0", Name: "Car" });
$scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "1", Name: "House" });

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

AngularJs tend to do this (generate extra option elment) when the value of the variable in ng-model doesn't match any of the values of the existing <option> .
You can solve it by setting an initial value (of the same type also), and it's one of the values in your <option> elements .
Or add one <option> element without value and with text Select one inside it. so it'll be selected.

 function MyController($scope) { $scope.Category = "1"; $scope.ListOption = []; $scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "0", Name: 'Car' }); $scope.ListOption.push({ Value: "1", Name: 'House' }); } 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script> <div ng-app ng-controller="MyController"> <select class="form-control" id="Category" ng-model="Category" ng-options="item.Value as item.Name for item in ListOption"> </select> {{Category}} </div> 

Make sure $scope.Category is the same type (not only value) as Value in ListOption variable, otherwise AngularJs will create extra option and select it.

Answer 3

As you wanted to mention the first value as default you can use ng-selected in option to set 0 as default. Below mentioned code sample for your reference.

 <select class="form-control" id="Category" ng-model="Category"> <option ng-repeat="option in ListOption" value="{{option.Value}}" ng-selected="option.Value == '0'"> {{option.Name}}</option> </select>