Angular 2, set default value to select option

update

4.0.0-beta.6 added compareWith

<select [compareWith]="compareFn"  [(ngModel)]="selectedCountries">
    <option *ngFor="let country of countries" [ngValue]="country">
        {{country.name}}
    </option>
</select>

compareFn(c1: Country, c2: Country): boolean {
   return c1 && c2 ? c1.id === c2.id : c1 === c2;
} 

this way the instance assigned to selectedCountries doesn’t need to be the identical object, but a custom comparison function can be passed, for example to be able to match an different object instance with identical property values.

original

If you want to use an object as value you need to use [ngValue] on the option element.

  <select name="select" id="select" [(ngModel)]="selectLanguage">
    <option *ngFor="let item of selectOption" [ngValue]="item"
      [disabled]="item.value==0">{{item.label}}</option>
  </select>

When selectLanguage has an options value assigned [(ngModel)]="..." will this one make the one selected by default:

import {Component} from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  moduleId: module.id,
  selector: 'app-form-select',
  templateUrl: 'default.component.html'
})
export class DefaultComponent {
  private selectOption: any;
  constructor() {
    this.selectOption = [
      {
        id: 1,
        label: "Select Language",
        value: 0
      }, {
        id: 2,
        label: "HTML 5",
        value: 1
      }, {
        id: 3,
        label: "PHP",
        value: 2
      }, {
        id: 4,
        label: "Javascript",
        value: 3
      }
    ];
    this.selectLanguage = this.selectOption[0];
  }
}