Angularjs default value for bound select

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How to make a preselection for a select list generated by AngularJS?

In the angular tutorial they set a sortOrder scope variable that defaults the sort by select to 'Newest'.

In my fiddle I am doing similar but my select value is not selected. Instead i get the blank entry as if i did not set any value in the scope. Yet I can see my sort order and i am emitting the value of the select and it is preset.

    //set a default this way also, but not updating the dropdown
$scope.ddlFilter = {
    name: "All Open Events",//doesn't matter what this is, only cares about value
    value: "ALL"//"OPEN"
};

I know i can use ng-init to set defaults but i want to be able to do it this way as well. Any suggestions?

Try using an object instead of an array of objects. It will allow you to reference what you want by a string vs. an array position such as scope.eventFilters[0].

$scope.eventFilters = {
    "OPEN": "All Open Events",
    "UNMAPPED": "All Un-Mapped Events",
    "MAPPED": "All Mapped Events",
    "CLOSED": "All Closed Events (past 8 hours)",
    "ALL": "All Events",
    "OTHER": "Other OpCenter Open Events"
};

And then define the default value as a string (key for the object above):

$scope.ddlFilter = "MAPPED";

And then on the page change your select to 

<select ng-model="ddlFilter" ng-options="k as v for (k, v) in eventFilters"></select>

and your filter no longer needs a .value, so it will become:

<tr ng:repeat="event in events  | myEventFilter:ddlFilter | orderBy:sort.column:sort.descending">

See your modified code working here: http://jsfiddle.net/WXLte/2/