I printed $data into the document to see what changed

https://jsfiddle.net/Linusborg/6dupwfpf/7/

• test1 is correctly changed by v-model to 'alpha'
• inputEvaluated correctly switches to true
• green class is correctly applied

... what am I missing?

@LinusBorg The data changes but not the DOM (if we print it in a pre tag): https://jsfiddle.net/vkrjspxy/
However, using a change event instead makes it work: https://jsfiddle.net/tec1gqv3/1

@LinusBorg @posva

I took a look at what's happening here.

Simpler fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/ert66j1x/1/

I think the flow of events leading to the bug is:

1. User changes selection
2. input event fires (because of v-on:input)
3. The componentUpdated function is called because the input handler updates the value of data.inputEvaluated, which reverts the selection back to the original value of the v-model binding, since vue hasn't received the change event yet
4. The change event fires and we loop over the select options which have been reset in step 3, so we don't update the vue instance to the correct value

As far as a solution, I think we want to make sure that the v-model change event is handled before any other user added event handlers. I was thinking we could do this in normalizeEvents but I think it's only possible to reorder handlers for the same event there.

I can create a pull request but a little guidance would be helpful.

NOTE: this is not replicable in firefox unless you put breakpoints in actuallySetSelected and in the listener callback that Vue adds for input element events.

Unit test for this issue:

it('should work on an element with an input binding', done => {
  const vm = new Vue({
    data: {
      test1: '',
      inputEvaluated: ''
    },
    template:
      `<select v-model="test1" v-on:input="inputEvaluated = 'blarg'" v-bind:name="inputEvaluated">` +
        '<option value="">test1 Please Select</option>' +
        '<option value="alpha">Alpha</option>' +
        '<option value="beta">Beta</option>' +
      '</select>'
  }).$mount()
  document.body.appendChild(vm.$el)

  vm.$el.children[1].selected = true

  triggerEvent(vm.$el, 'input')

  waitForUpdate(() => {
    triggerEvent(vm.$el, 'change')
  }).then(() => {
    expect(vm.$el.value).toBe('alpha')
  }).then(done)
})

FYI IE and Edge do not trigger input on <select> elements, so you should probably use change instead anyway...