Kendo Combo Box Set Default Value
<p>I have a kendo combo box with two entries, say "Thing 1" and "Thing 2". I want "Thing 1" to be set by default. </p>

<p>Is there a preferred way to do this? I can't seem to find it, although I did set the placeholder attribute to "Thing 1" and it worked. The Kendo documentation says that placeholder is "The hint displayed by the widget when it is empty. Not set by default." Am I using placeholder incorrectly?</p>