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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/2.1.0/normalize.css">
<script src="http://builds.handlebarsjs.com.s3.amazonaws.com/handlebars-v1.3.0.js"></script>
<script src="http://builds.emberjs.com/tags/v1.8.0/ember.js"></script>
<script src="http://builds.emberjs.com/tags/v1.0.0-beta.11/ember-data.js"></script>
<script type="text/x-handlebars">
    <h2>Ember.js Discussion Forum</h2>
    <h3>How to populate a select box from a datastore</h3>
    {{outlet}}
    <div style="margin-top:2em;"><a href="http://discuss.emberjs.com/t/how-to-populate-a-select-box-from-a-datastore/6663" target="_blank">http://discuss.emberjs.com/t/how-to-populate-a-select-box-from-a-datastore/6663</a></div>
</script>

<script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="index">
    <div><label>Status:</label></div>
    {{view "select"
        content=statusnamesLookup
        optionValuePath="content.id"
        optionLabelPath="content.name"
        selection=selectedStatusname
        prompt="-- status --"}}
    <p>selected: {{selectedStatusname.name}}</p>
</script>

CSS

body { padding: 2em; }

JavaScript

App = Ember.Application.create();

App.IndexRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
  // model: function() {
  //   return this.store.find('statusname');
  // }
  
  statusnames: Ember.A(),
  
  afterModel: function(record, transition){
    var self = this;
  
    return this.store.find('statusname').then(function(result){
      self.set('statusnames', result);
    });
  },

  setupController: function(controller, model){
    this._super(controller, model);
  
    controller.set('statusnamesLookup', this.get('statusnames'));
  },
});

App.IndexController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
    statusnamesLookup: Ember.A(),
    selectedStatusname: {}
});

App.Statusname = DS.Model.extend({
  name: DS.attr('string')
});
App.Statusname.reopenClass({
  FIXTURES: [
      { id: 301, name: 'online'    },
      { id: 302, name: 'available' },
      { id: 303, name: 'away'      },
      { id: 311, name: 'unknown'   }
  ]
});

App.ApplicationAdapter = DS.FixtureAdapter;