Pull Request resolves #47507

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Summary of Changes

This fixes a Joomla 6 regression where the category field on New Article looks empty, even though a category is already selected. I updated the joomla-field-fancy-select so that, right after Choices initializes, it picks up any preselected <select> value and shows it in the UI. (same expected UX as previous versions j5.4 etc)

Testing Instructions

Navigate to: administrator > content > Articles > create a new article

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

The Category field render as empty on New Article, even though a category was selected and used on save. (ie if you only give that article a name and click on save without specifying any category - and then you open the article you see preslected/default category(uncategorized) is assigned to it )

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

The Category field shows the preselected value and existing save behavior remains same.

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