How to change placeholder of selectize.js dropdown?

Question

I want to change placeholder of a dropdown created by selectize.js when the parent dropdown changes its selection to load the options of the dropdown whose placeholder to be cha

Answer 1

You can update the placeholder by setting selectize.settings.placeholder and then calling selectize.updatePlaceholder().

$(document).ready(function() {
  var s = $('#input-tags').selectize({
    persist: false,
    createOnBlur: true,
    create: true,
    placeholder: 'start placeholder'
  })[0].selectize;

  $('#updatePlaceholder').click(function() {
    s.settings.placeholder = 'new placeholder';
    s.updatePlaceholder();
  });
});

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

  
    
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