Angular: Empty Fiddle
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HTML
<script src="http://code.angularjs.org/angular-1.0.1.js"></script>
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<select name="category" type="text" ng-model="categories" ng-options="ref as display for (ref, display) in categories | orderBy:'display'" >
</div>
JavaScript
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
//myApp.directive('myDirective', function() {});
//myApp.factory('myService', function() {});
function MyCtrl($scope) {
$scope.categories = {
cat2: "Category 2",
default: "anone",
zone: "zone",
};
}