Repro steps:
Expected result: Value should remain empty.
Actual result: Selects first item in list (Alabama)
How do I accomplish my expected result? Note that in my own application, I am using a time field, so I am not specifying my own list of items such that I could add an empty value. That is, unless there's an easy way to do this in the time field.
You can set
autoSelect: false
to your select field. And then the first Item will not be selected.