Duplicate items in select list

[jaythomas]

Given I am using a promise and I am hydrating my ngModel with previously collected data, the sc-select directive cannot acknowledge an item from the list as already being selected. Ideally, you would be able to track by item id in the sc-options attribute.

Below I have a pre-selected item in the model, but I can see the sc-select also shows the duplicate item:

Selecting the duplicate item shows them both in the array now:

As a workaround, I can check for and reject duplicate items as part of the promise. Psuedo code:

function getItems(searchText, page) {
  return promise.then(function(data) {
    return _.reject(data, { id: 'dupeId' })
  })
}

However, that item will then be unavailable from the select dropdown if the user decides they want to un-select the item then re-select it.

Possibly related? angular-ui/ui-select#665

[grumar]

+1