From 22c07e69bcc5eb5acd03c8a7ae66be4d143671d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Socialpranker <273312799+Socialpranker@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:09:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: apply `<select defaultValue>` when the element is spread

The client only handled `defaultValue` in the non-spread path, so
`<select {...props}>` compiled to `attribute_effect` and never reached
`set_default_select_value`. `set_attributes` can't apply it either,
since assigning the property does nothing on a select. It now marks the
default option from the same effect that handles `value`, after the
options exist.

Server-side the key was only read as `defaultvalue`. That is what the
compiler emits for an attribute written in the template, but a spread
passes keys through as the user wrote them, so `defaultValue` was
ignored and SSR disagreed with the client. Both spellings are accepted
now.

This is the case #18447 was filed for: `<select {...form.fields.x.as('select')}>`
in SvelteKit is always a spread.
---
 .../client/dom/elements/attributes.js         | 11 +++-
 .../svelte/src/internal/server/renderer.js    |  8 ++-
 .../_config.js                                | 56 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../main.svelte                               | 26 +++++++++
 .../select-default-value/_expected.html       | 12 ++++
 .../samples/select-default-value/main.svelte  | 18 ++++++
 6 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/_config.js
 create mode 100644 packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/main.svelte
 create mode 100644 packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/_expected.html
 create mode 100644 packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/main.svelte

diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
index 2df6d3e68d..dc66a9c071 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js
@@ -584,7 +584,16 @@ export function attribute_effect(
 			var select = /** @type {HTMLSelectElement} */ (element);
 
 			effect(() => {
-				select_option(select, /** @type {Record<string | symbol, any>} */ (prev).value, true);
+				var attrs = /** @type {Record<string | symbol, any>} */ (prev);
+
+				// `defaultValue` is meaningless as a property here, so `set_attributes` cannot
+				// apply it. Mark the default option once the options exist, as we do for the
+				// non-spread case.
+				if ('defaultValue' in attrs) {
+					set_default_select_value(select, attrs.defaultValue);
+				}
+
+				select_option(select, attrs.value, true);
 				init_select(select);
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/renderer.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/renderer.js
index 93a9a365a1..96f66695c2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/renderer.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/renderer.js
@@ -332,14 +332,16 @@ export class Renderer {
 	 * @returns {void}
 	 */
 	select(attrs, fn, css_hash, classes, styles, flags, is_rich) {
-		// the attribute name is lowercased by the compiler, as with any HTML attribute
-		const { value, defaultvalue, ...select_attrs } = attrs;
+		// the compiler lowercases attribute names written in the template, but a spread
+		// passes the keys through as the user wrote them, so accept both spellings
+		const { value, defaultValue, defaultvalue, ...select_attrs } = attrs;
+		const default_value = defaultValue === undefined ? defaultvalue : defaultValue;
 
 		this.push(`<select${attributes(select_attrs, css_hash, classes, styles, flags)}>`);
 		this.child((renderer) => {
 			// `<select>` has no defaultValue attribute — it only says which option is
 			// selected by default, so it applies when there is no `value` to override it
-			renderer.local.select_value = value === undefined ? defaultvalue : value;
+			renderer.local.select_value = value === undefined ? default_value : value;
 			fn(renderer);
 		});
 		this.push(`${is_rich ? '<!>' : ''}</select>`);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0d8ba5b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+import { flushSync } from 'svelte';
+
+export default test({
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		/**
+		 * @param {NodeListOf<any>} options
+		 * @param {any[]} selected
+		 */
+		function check_options(options, selected) {
+			for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
+				assert.equal(options[i].selected, selected[i], `option ${i}`);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * @param {HTMLOptionElement} option
+		 */
+		function select_option(option) {
+			option.selected = true;
+			option.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+		}
+
+		const reset = /** @type {HTMLInputElement} */ (target.querySelector('input[type=reset]'));
+		const [test1, test2] = target.querySelectorAll('select');
+		const [test1_span] = target.querySelectorAll('span');
+
+		// a spread carrying defaultValue selects the matching option
+		{
+			const options = test1.querySelectorAll('option');
+			check_options(options, [false, true, false]);
+			assert.htmlEqual(test1_span.innerHTML, 'b');
+		}
+
+		// value in the same spread still wins over defaultValue
+		{
+			const options = test2.querySelectorAll('option');
+			check_options(options, [false, false, true]);
+		}
+
+		// changing the selection and resetting goes back to defaultValue
+		select_option(test1.querySelectorAll('option')[2]);
+		select_option(test2.querySelectorAll('option')[0]);
+		flushSync();
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(test1_span.innerHTML, 'c');
+
+		reset.click();
+		await Promise.resolve();
+		flushSync();
+
+		check_options(test1.querySelectorAll('option'), [false, true, false]);
+		check_options(test2.querySelectorAll('option'), [false, true, false]);
+		assert.htmlEqual(test1_span.innerHTML, 'b');
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..287db5e9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/form-default-value-select-spread/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<script>
+	let props1 = $state({ defaultValue: 'b' });
+	let props2 = $state({ defaultValue: 'b', value: 'c' });
+
+	let selected = $state();
+</script>
+
+<form>
+	<!-- spread carrying defaultValue, no value -->
+	<select {...props1} bind:value={selected}>
+		<option value="a">A</option>
+		<option value="b">B</option>
+		<option value="c">C</option>
+	</select>
+
+	<!-- spread carrying both, value wins -->
+	<select {...props2}>
+		<option value="a">A</option>
+		<option value="b">B</option>
+		<option value="c">C</option>
+	</select>
+
+	<input type="reset" value="Reset" />
+</form>
+
+<p><span class="test-1">{selected}</span></p>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/_expected.html b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/_expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2ccbafd2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/_expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<select>
+	<option value="a">A</option>
+	<option selected="" value="b">B</option>
+</select>
+<select>
+	<option value="a">A</option>
+	<option selected="" value="b">B</option>
+</select>
+<select>
+	<option selected="" value="a">A</option>
+	<option value="b">B</option>
+</select>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca3fc36a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/select-default-value/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<script>
+	const props = { defaultValue: 'b' };
+</script>
+
+<select defaultValue="b">
+	<option value="a">A</option>
+	<option value="b">B</option>
+</select>
+
+<select {...props}>
+	<option value="a">A</option>
+	<option value="b">B</option>
+</select>
+
+<select defaultValue="b" value="a">
+	<option value="a">A</option>
+	<option value="b">B</option>
+</select>