 <p>It's really simple, as it turns out.</p> <pre><code>this.setValue(foo, "Text"); </code></pre> <p>The only tricky part is that <code>foo</code> has to be a valid value, as in, it exists in <code>this._.items</code>.</p> <p>If it's invalid, the richCombo will break. "Text" can be whatever you want it to be.</p>