How to use placeholder as default value in select2 framework
问题 To get the chosen value of a select2 I'm using: var x = $("#select").select2('data'); var select_choice = x.text The problem is this throws an error if not value has been selected and I was wondering if there was any way to make it return the placeholder if no option is selected 回答1: You have to add an empty option (i.e. <option></option> ) as a first element to see a placeholder. From Select2 official documentation : "Note that because browsers assume the first option element is selected in