diff --git a/src/fields/jsgrid.field.select.js b/src/fields/jsgrid.field.select.js
index b2e5d345..0e4048e6 100755
--- a/src/fields/jsgrid.field.select.js
+++ b/src/fields/jsgrid.field.select.js
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@
                 resultItem;
 
             if(valueField) {
-                resultItem = $.grep(items, function(item, index) {
-                    return item[valueField] === value;
-                })[0] || {};
+                if(typeof(value) === "object"){
+                    resultItem = value;
+                }
+                else{
+                    resultItem = $.grep(items, function(item, index) {
+                        return item[valueField] === value;
+                    })[0] || {};
+                }
             }
             else {
                 resultItem = items[value];
@@ -73,7 +78,11 @@
                 return this.itemTemplate.apply(this, arguments);
 
             var $result = this.editControl = this._createSelect();
-            (value !== undefined) && $result.val(value);
+            var editValue = value;
+            if(typeof(value) === "object"){
+                editValue = value[this.valueField];
+            }
+            (editValue !== undefined) && $result.val(editValue);
             return $result;
         },
 
diff --git a/tests/jsgrid.field.tests.js b/tests/jsgrid.field.tests.js
index 9c8c26ec..120b581e 100755
--- a/tests/jsgrid.field.tests.js
+++ b/tests/jsgrid.field.tests.js
@@ -337,6 +337,40 @@ $(function() {
         strictEqual(field.itemTemplate(1), "test1");
     });
 
+    test("object as input", function() {
+        var field = new jsGrid.SelectField({
+            name: "testField",
+            items: [
+                { text: "test1", value: 1 },
+                { text: "test2", value: 2 },
+                { text: "test3", value: 3 }
+            ],
+            valueField: "value",
+            textField: "text"
+        });
+
+        
+
+        strictEqual(field.itemTemplate({ text: "test1", value: 1 }), "test1");
+        strictEqual(field.itemTemplate({ text: "test2", value: 2 }), "test2");
+        strictEqual(field.itemTemplate({ text: "test3", value: 3 }), "test3");
+
+
+
+        field.editTemplate({ text: "test1", value: 1 });
+        strictEqual(field.editValue(), 1);
+        
+        field.editTemplate({ text: "test2", value: 2 });
+        strictEqual(field.editValue(), 2);
+        
+        field.editTemplate({ text: "test3", value: 3 });
+        strictEqual(field.editValue(), 3);
+
+
+
+
+    });
+
 
     module("jsGrid.field.control");