JavaFX & FXML: how do I set the default selected item in a ChoiceBox in FXML?

Question

I have the following FXML:

Answer 1

@Groostav: In case we programmatically "know" the value that should appear as selected (for example, we landed in an edit form), we can do the following:

1) Add a new item with index 0 (that is, the element we need to show as selected):

myChoiceBox.getItems().add(0, ItemObtainedProgrammatically);

2) Show the item as selected (since we already know it's at position 0):

myChoiceBox.getSelectionModel().select(0);

Probably this qualifies as a dirty hack, but it works. The con: You have the same item twice in your choicebox