Question

Any idea how to init the location (so the pin is dropped) with GeoComplete?

 $("#geocomplete").geocomplete({
    map: ".map_canvas",
    location: [52.4078567, 16.92718339999999], // is it centring the map, no pin thought
    markerOptions: {
        draggable: true
    },
    details: "form",
    types: ["geocode", "establishment"]

});

The example above does center the map, but is it not dropping a pin. Why?
Online demo here.

Answer 1

The pin does not appear to be placed when you specify a longitude and latitude on initialization.

The alternative is to remove the location option from the initialization, and do a once-off search of your default location just after you have created the geocomplete instance:

// Run this function once after the first search
$("#geocomplete").geocomplete(options)
  .one("geocode:result", function(event, result){

    // Set the zoom level you require for the default map
    var map = $("#geocomplete").geocomplete("map");
    map.setZoom(13);

    // Optionally empty the geocomplete input field
    $("#geocomplete").val("");

});

Followed by a find by address:

$("#geocomplete").geocomplete("find", "Poznań, Poland");

Or by longitude and latitude:

var lat_and_long = "52.4078567, 16.9271833";
$("#geocomplete").geocomplete("find", lat_and_long);