Choices: Placeholder not displayed for empty dropdown

[ckotzbauer]

I use choices in single-select mode and set placeholder: true, placeholderValue: 'a string'. The placeholder is not displayed in UI if there are no choices. When I add choices later, the placeholder is displayed correctly.
This happens with version 7.0.0

[Colin-Moran]

I came across this problem since choices.ClearStore() also removes the placeholder item. The solution I'm using is this:

placeholderItem = choices._getTemplate( 'placeholder', 'This is a placeholder' ); choices.itemList.append(placeholderItem);

Where 'choices' is the name of your choices object.

[hg64]

Possibly same issue.... Using clearChoices. Getting a javascript error intermittently on line 2630 placeholderItem.innerHTML = this._placeholderValue || '';

    if (this._isSelectOneElement) {
         placeholderItem.innerHTML = this._placeholderValue || '';
    } else {
      this.input.placeholder = this._placeholderValue || '';
    }

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[TeraNovaLP]

@jshjohnson I have the same problem. Is there any update yet?

[vitobotta]

Hi @jshjohnson I am having this issue now. I am fetching items with async ajax and one of the elements returned has the property selected set to true. Is there a fix or workaround for this? Thanks!

@hg64 @Colin-Moran @code-chris pinging you guys too in case you have found a proper solution for this.