Google Map API Autocomplete pass an address manually without autoselecting

I have 2 search boxes with autocomplete.

The first search box is for user to select an address from google autocomplete.

I want to pass the address from the first search box to the second search box by default. The user can update the second search box if they choose to.

I tried passing the address to the second search box but got an error Unhandled rejection TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘activeElement’)

Is there a way to do this?

//pass the full address from the first search box to the second search box
this.autocomplete(this.fulladdress);

//autocomplete function. This is also where I get the full address from the first search box
private autocomplete(input: any) {
    let autocomplete: google.maps.places.Autocomplete;

    autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(
      input
    );

    autocomplete.setComponentRestrictions({ country: ["au"] });

    autocomplete.addListener("place_changed", () => {
      let place = autocomplete.getPlace();

      if (place == null || place.address_components == null) {
        return;
      }
    ....
    this.fulladdress = place.formatted_address;
    ....
}