Update:
Separate the event and property bindings:
<select [ngModel]="selectedItem" (ngModelChange)="onChange($event)">
onChange(newValue) {
console.log(newValue);
this.selectedItem = newValue; // don't forget to update the model here
// ... do other stuff here ...
}
You could also use
<select [(ngModel)]="selectedItem" (ngModelChange)="onChange($event)">
and then you wouldn’t have to update the model in the event handler, but I believe this causes two events to fire, so it is probably less efficient.
Old answer, before they fixed a bug in beta.1:
Create a local template variable and attach a (change)
event:
<select [(ngModel)]="selectedItem" #item (change)="onChange(item.value)">
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