javascript - How to set a value for a selectize.js input?

Question

I have a form from which I would like to copy some default values into the inputs. The form inputs are using the selectize.js plugin. I would like to set some of the form values programatically. The standard way of doing this:

$("#my_input").val("My Default Value");

does not work.

I have tried something like this but it does not work either.

var $select = $("#my_input").selectize();
var selectize = $select[0].selectize;
selectize.setValue("My Default Value"); 

Any ideas? It's got to be easy :) I'm missing it.

Answer 1

Check the API Docs

Methods addOption(data) and setValue(value) might be what you are looking for.

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Update: Seeing the popularity of this answer, here is some additional info based on comments/requests...

setValue(value, silent)
? Resets the selected items to the given value.
? If "silent" is truthy (ie: true, 1), no change event will be fired on the original input.

addOption(data)
? Adds an available option, or array of options. If it already exists, nothing will happen.
? Note: this does not refresh the options list dropdown (use refreshOptions() for that).

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In response to options being overwritten:
This can happen by re-initializing the select without using the options you initially provided. If you are not intending to recreate the element, simply store the selectize object to a variable:

// 1. Only set the below variables once (ideally)
var $select = $('select').selectize(options);  // This initializes the selectize control
var selectize = $select[0].selectize; // This stores the selectize object to a variable (with name 'selectize')

// 2. Access the selectize object with methods later, for ex:
selectize.addOption(data);
selectize.setValue('something', false);


// Side note:
// You can set a variable to the previous options with
var old_options = selectize.settings;
// If you intend on calling $('select').selectize(old_options) or something