# "Ember Way" of Populating Ember.Select

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-way-of-populating-ember-select/2315>\
**Category:** Design\
**Created:** [August 27, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-way-of-populating-ember-select/2315 "2013-08-27T13:35:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-way-of-populating-ember-select/2315/1 "2013-08-27T13:35:07Z")

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Hello,

I have an application that has a ListsController and ListsRoute that is used to display all of the “lists” in my application:

```
App.ListsRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
	model: function() {
		return App.List.find();
	}
});

```

I also have a Ember.Select in a view that is bound to an instance of `Ember.ObjectController`:

```
{{#each card in cards itemController="card"}}
    <div class="card">
        {{#if isEditing}}
            {{ view App.EditCardView }}

```

EditCardView looks like this:

```
<script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="editCardView">
    {{ view Ember.TextField valueBinding="card.description" }}

    {{ view Ember.Select contentBinding = "??"
                         optionLabelPath = "model.listName"
                         optionValuePath = "model.id" 
                         prompt = "Select List..." }}
</script>  

```

The select needs to be populated with the same lists that are in the `ListsRoute` model. In most of the examples I’ve seen for the `Ember.Select` view another property is attached directly to the Application namespace, however I doesn’t seem like that’s the best way of doing it in my case since I already have a Route and a Controller for that data.

What would you suggest is the best way to populate the select with the same data that is already in my Lists route?

-Ryan