Reactivity issues with form elements (especially select)

[alex1s1]

Am I the only one having reactivity issues when binding to form elements? When I programatically set bound variables back to empty string the change is often not represented in the Input. I did find a workaround for this though by giving a custom class name to a form around the elements and resetting there. I couldn't find a solution for the select element though. Resetting the select works with
const selectElement = formElement.querySelector('select') if (selectElement) { const defaultValue = selectElement.getAttribute('data-default') ;(selectElement as HTMLSelectElement).value = defaultValue || '' }
plus the reassignment of the var to empty string obviously,
but when trying to select the same option as before the bound variable is not reassigned (presumably because the Select element still assumes it is the old value before resetting it).