Angular material Autocomplete: select option

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42427928/material-2-autocomplete-select-option

The Material Autocomplete component has its own optionSelected event output:

Template:

<mat-autocomplete (optionSelected)="onSelectionChanged($event)"> 
  <mat-option *ngFor="let item of myItems" [value]="item">
    {{ item }}
  </mat-option>
</mat-autocomplete>

Controller:

import { MatAutocompleteSelectedEvent } from '@angular/material';

// ...

onSelectionChanged(event: MatAutocompleteSelectedEvent) {
  console.log(event.option.value);
}

See: Angular Material API Docs - MatAutocomplete