How to set a value for a selectize.js input?

Question

I have a form from which I would like to copy some default values into the inputs. The form inputs are using the selectize.js plugin. I would like to set some of the form

Answer 1

just ran into the same problem and solved it with the following line of code:

selectize.addOption({text: "My Default Value", value: "My Default Value"});
selectize.setValue("My Default Value");