<section> <h2 id="initSelection"> Old initial selections with <code>initSelection</code> </h2> <p class="alert alert-warning"> <a href="announcements-4.0.html#removed-initselection" class="alert-link">Deprecated in Select2 4.0.</a> This has been replaced by another option and is only available in the <a href="index.html#builds-full" class="alert-link">full builds</a> of Select2. </p> <p> In the past, Select2 required an option called <code>initSelection</code> that was defined whenever a custom data source was being used, allowing for the initial selection for the component to be determined. This has been replaced by the <code>current</code> method on the <a href="#dataAdapter">data adapter</a>. </p> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>Key</dt> <dd> <code>initSelection</code> </dd> <dt>Value</dt> <dd> A function taking a <code>callback</code> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>Adapter</dt> <dd> <code title="select2/data/base">DataAdapter</code> </dd> <dt>Decorator</dt> <dd> <code title="select2/compat/initSelection">InitSelection</code> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> </section>