# Ember.Select not selecting first entry after populating data

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-select-not-selecting-first-entry-after-populating-data/4685>\
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**Created:** [March 31, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-select-not-selecting-first-entry-after-populating-data/4685 "2014-03-31T04:22:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebenroux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/ebenroux/32/10882_2.png) [@ebenroux](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/ebenroux)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-select-not-selecting-first-entry-after-populating-data/4685/1 "2014-03-31T04:22:55Z")

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I have asked a [SO question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22708872/ember-select-not-selecting-first-entry-after-populating-data) but I have not received any answers yet.

I have a Ember.Select that starts out empty. Once it has been populated the first item is automatically displayed in the dropdown but it does not always select (binding-wide). It seems to depend upon where the populating happens:

If done in the setupController function of the route then it selects.

For actions it does not.

The only work-around that I have found is to set the selected item yourself after the population has completed.

Am I missing something or is the ‘work-around’ the way to actually handle this when it is not set implicitly?

I have put together a [jsFiddle](http://jsfiddle.net/EbenRoux/ReWqR/)