How can I get new selection in "select" in Angular 2?

Question

I am using Angular 2 (TypeScript).

I want to do something with the new selection, but what I get in onChange() is always the last selection. How can I get the new selection?

<select [(ngModel)]="selectedDevice" (change)="onChange($event)">
   <option *ngFor="#i of devices">{{i}}</option>
</select>

onChange($event) {
    console.log(this.selectedDevice);
    // I want to do something here with the new selectedDevice, but what I
    // get here is always the last selection, not the one I just selected.
}

Answer 1

If you don't need two-way data-binding:

<select (change)="onChange($event.target.value)">
    <option *ngFor="let i of devices">{{i}}</option>
</select>

onChange(deviceValue) {
    console.log(deviceValue);
}

For two-way data-binding, separate the event and property bindings:

<select [ngModel]="selectedDevice" (ngModelChange)="onChange($event)" name="sel2">
    <option [value]="i" *ngFor="let i of devices">{{i}}</option>
</select>

export class AppComponent {
  devices = 'one two three'.split(' ');
  selectedDevice = 'two';
  onChange(newValue) {
    console.log(newValue);
    this.selectedDevice = newValue;
    // ... do other stuff here ...
}

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If devices is array of objects, bind to ngValue instead of value:

<select [ngModel]="selectedDeviceObj" (ngModelChange)="onChangeObj($event)" name="sel3">
  <option [ngValue]="i" *ngFor="let i of deviceObjects">{{i.name}}</option>
</select>
{{selectedDeviceObj | json}}

export class AppComponent {
  deviceObjects = [{name: 1}, {name: 2}, {name: 3}];
  selectedDeviceObj = this.deviceObjects[1];
  onChangeObj(newObj) {
    console.log(newObj);
    this.selectedDeviceObj = newObj;
    // ... do other stuff here ...
  }
}

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Plunker - does not use <form>
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