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Is there any way to set a default value in a document field?

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Last updated: Sep 13, 2020
Is there any way to set a default value in a document field?
Sep 13, 2020, 3:59 PM
This should be a good starting point: https://www.sanity.io/docs/initial-value-templates
Sep 13, 2020, 4:05 PM
Wow sorry, didin't take a look at that πŸ˜„ thanks a lot!
Sep 13, 2020, 4:06 PM
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is it possible to apply this in an object?
Sep 13, 2020, 4:11 PM
Not at my computer atm but it should work in theory, just give it a try and let us know.
Sep 13, 2020, 4:20 PM
From my understanding, this doesn't work for adding new objects to an existing document. But I believe there is a way to set an initial value for child objects when creating a new document. They way I think about it is, initial value templates are only for documents. Documents can contain objects so you can set an initial value for objects that are part of the document at creation. But not for new objects that are created later.
Sep 13, 2020, 4:20 PM

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