Angular: Empty Fiddle

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HTML

<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
    <select ng-model='form.type' required ng-options='option.value as option.name for option in typeOptions'></select>
</div>

JavaScript

var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);


function MyCtrl($scope) {
    
    $scope.typeOptions = [
    { name: 'Feature', value: 'feature' }, 
    { name: 'Bug', value: 'bug' }, 
    { name: 'Enhancement', value: 'enhancement' }
    ];
    
   // $scope.form = {type : $scope.typeOptions[1].value};    //this works
    $scope.form.type = $scope.typeOptions[0];            //this doesn't
}