Set Default Value DropDownList Using Kendo Angular 2 [How To]

“How to define a default Item as a primitive value”? and “How to define a default Item as an object value”?

The “Kendo UI Angular 2 DropDownList” is a form component and used binds the data list and chooses a single predefined value as per you from a dropdown list.

The DropDownList default Item property type must be match to the data type. In other word, if the DropDownList data property contains a list of objects, the default Item will need to be defined as an object with the same as text-field and value-field.

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Example as,

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
    <kendo-dropdownlist
        [defaultItem]="'Chose item...'"
        [data]="listItems"
        [valuePrimitive]="true"
    >
    </kendo-dropdownlist>
  `
})
class AppComponent {
    public listItems: Array<string> = ["10001-Item 1", "10002-Item 2", "10003-Item 3","10001-Item 4"];
}

References,

http://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/components/dropdowns/dropdownlist/

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/third-party/angular2

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