How to set selected value of jquery select2?

Question

This belong to codes prior to select2 version 4

I have a simple code of select2 that get data from ajax

Answer 1

I did something like this to preset elements in select2 ajax dropdown

      //preset element values
        $(id).val(topics);
       //topics is an array of format [{"id":"","text":""}, .....]
          setTimeout(function(){
           ajaxTopicDropdown(id,
                2,location.origin+"/api for gettings topics/",
                "Pick a topic", true, 5);                      
            },1);
        // ajaxtopicDropdown is dry fucntion to get topics for diffrent element and url

Answer 2

In Select2 V.4

use $('selector').select2().val(value_to_select).trigger('change');

I think it should work

Answer 3

Set the value and trigger the change event immediately.

$('#selectteam').val([183,182]).trigger('change');

Answer 4

You should use:

var autocompleteIds= $("#EventId");
autocompleteIds.empty().append('<option value="Id">Text</option>').val("Id").trigger('change');

// For set multi selected values
var data =  [];//Array Ids
var option =  [];//Array options of Ids above
autocompleteIds.empty().append(option).val(data).trigger('change');

// Callback handler that will be called on success
request.done(function (response, textStatus, jqXHR) {
    // append the new option
    $("#EventId").append('<option value="' + response.id + '">' + response.text + '</option>');

    // get a list of selected values if any - or create an empty array
    var selectedValues = $("#EventId").val();
    if (selectedValues == null) {
        selectedValues = new Array();
    }
    selectedValues.push(response.id);   // add the newly created option to the list of selected items
    $("#EventId").val(selectedValues).trigger('change');   // have select2 do it's thing
});