Primeng: dataKey property for dropdown list

[gtzinos]

Hi,
I am searching in documentation but i can't find an example with a dataKey in a dropdown list. My objects have a different key from your default name 'value' so i am trying to use dataKey in order to use this custom key name.

I need something like this but it doesn't work:

<p-dropdown (onChange)="doSomething($event)" dataKey="{{ifTrue ? 'key1' : 'key2}}" [options]="arrayObj">
            <ng-template let-option pTemplate="item">
                <div>
                    <div>{{option.label ? option.label : option}}</div>
                </div>
            </ng-template>
</p-dropdown>

[cagataycivici]

dataKey is used for faster equality checks, we can add it but not sure that would help your case which is not clear to me.

[cagataycivici]

Seems it already has it.

[beaumkr]

I'm commenting here but maybe I need a separate issue?

In fact, I wanted a dropdown that does not select the option Object as value but the dataKey as value.

So instead of having {code:'UK', label: 'United Kingdom'} as value I'd want 'UK' (with dataKey="code").

Would this be possible?

[rewebcan]

@beaumkr I have the same problem with you.
I have array and objects inside of it like this,

[
{
  name: 'Recep',
  username: 'recepcan'
}
]

I want to display 'name' key with optionLabel
I want to set model username key with dataKey, is this possible?

[tobibe]

Hello,

wrote a possible solution to this open issue:
#7704

Greetings
tobibe