Summary 💡
In the v5 RFC issue, we have a mention of doing this change but no dedicated issue. Developers can get a better idea of the motivation for the change by searching for getOptionSelected in the closed issues. Or #19595 (comment)
Motivation
Make the API more intuitive, the mental model can be improved.
On a related note, a few developers have been asking for the same feature with the Select: #24201
Summary 💡
In the v5 RFC issue, we have a mention of doing this change but no dedicated issue. Developers can get a better idea of the motivation for the change by searching for
getOptionSelectedin the closed issues. Or #19595 (comment)Motivation
Make the API more intuitive, the mental model can be improved.
On a related note, a few developers have been asking for the same feature with the Select: #24201