Reply To: Programmatically set the value of a select2 field.

• pattyok

• February 21, 2024 at 6:04 pm

Ahah. Was just about to give up and found the solution on StackOverflow.

Need to create the option and pass that to the field first, because ajax.
new Option('label', 'value', true, true);

Creates and sets the value. Huzzah!

 if ($("#acf-field_5dcc4aa906709").find("option[value=" + selectedValue + "]").length) {
   $('#acf-field_5dcc4aa906709').val([selectedValue]).trigger('change');
} else {
   // Create the DOM option that is pre-selected by default
   var newCounty = new Option(county, selectedValue, true, true);
   // Append it to the select
   $("#acf-field_5dcc4aa906709").append(newCounty).trigger('change');
}