SO Question

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7373058

by Kaleb Hornsby

HTML

<script src="https://code.angularjs.org/2.0.0-alpha.37/angular2.sfx.dev.js"></script>
<app id="app">
    <select [value]="val">
        <option value="1">Cat</option>
        <option value="2">Dog</option>
        <option value="3">Fish</option>
    </select>
</app>

JavaScript

var App = ng.Component({selector: 'app'})
	.View({template: app.innerHTML})
	.Class({constructor:  function() {}});

ng.bootstrap(App).then(function(app) {
    app._hostComponent.instance.val = 3;
});