This belong to codes prior to select2 version 4
I have a simple code of select2
that get data from ajax
$("#programid").select2({
placeholder: "Select a Program",
allowClear: true,
minimumInputLength: 3,
ajax: {
url: "ajax.php",
dataType: 'json',
quietMillis: 200,
data: function (term, page) {
return {
term: term, //search term
flag: 'selectprogram',
page: page // page number
};
},
results: function (data) {
return {results: data};
}
},
dropdownCssClass: "bigdrop",
escapeMarkup: function (m) { return m; }
});
This code is working, however, I need to set a value on it as if in edit mode. When user select a value first time, it will be saved and when he needs to edit that value it must appear in the same select menu (select2
) to select the value previously selected but I can't find a way.
UPDATE:
The HTML code:
<input type="hidden" name="programid" id="programid" class="width-500 validate[required]">
Select2 programmatic access does not work with this.
SELECT2 < V4
<input name="mySelect2" type="hidden" id="mySelect2">
$("#mySelect2").select2({
placeholder: "My Select 2",
multiple: false,
minimumInputLength: 1,
ajax: {
url: "/elements/all",
dataType: 'json',
quietMillis: 250,
data: function(term, page) {
return {
q: term,
};
},
results: function(data, page) {
return {results: data};
},
cache: true
},
formatResult: function(element){
return element.text + ' (' + element.id + ')';
},
formatSelection: function(element){
return element.text + ' (' + element.id + ')';
},
escapeMarkup: function(m) {
return m;
}
});
$("#mySelect2").select2('data', { id:"elementID", text: "Hello!"});
If you use select2 without AJAX you can do as follow:
<select name="mySelect2" id="mySelect2">
<option value="0">One</option>
<option value="1">Two</option>
<option value="2">Three</option>
</select>
/* "One" will be the selected option */
$('[name=mySelect2]').val("0");
You can also do so:
$("#mySelect2").select2("val", "0");
SELECT2 V4
For select2 v4 you can append directly an option/s as follow:
<select id="myMultipleSelect2" multiple="" name="myMultipleSelect2[]">
<option value="TheID" selected="selected">The text</option>
</select>
Or with JQuery:
var $newOption = $("<option selected='selected'></option>").val("TheID").text("The text")
$("#myMultipleSelect2").append($newOption).trigger('change');
other example
$("#myMultipleSelect2").val(5).trigger('change');