Demo of SelectOption Github/Tobya Select Item 3 (Pear) as Default Banana Apple Pear Orange Select Item 2 (Tomato) as Default Cucumber Tomato Spring Onions Aubergine Select Item 5 (Pie) as Default Tart Flan Soup Souffle Pie HTML Selected Value is overriden by SelectedOption data value Select Item 2 (Flan) SelectedOption but Soup html selected Tart Flan Soup Souffle Pie Source View source for this page.