[TYPO3] presetting a TV field

[Peter Foerger]

Hi Peter,

Peter Klein schrieb:
> Hi List. Does anyone knows if its possible to preset values in a flexform?
> 
> I have a form, where I want a field to be filled with a specific value as 
> default, but still letting the user change it..
> 
> As the TV manual is pretty sparse, I haven't been able to find anything 
> about setting default values.. :/
> 

e.g.

<config>
<type>input</type>
<size>35</size>
<default>17, 16.5, 16.5, 15.5</default>
</config>

Depending on the TYPO3 version you might have to patch 
t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php to display the default values:

Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/typo3/TYPO3core/t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php,v
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -r1.51 class.t3lib_tceforms.php
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	27 Apr 2005 09:57:50 -0000	1.51
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	19 May 2005 17:15:11 -0000
@@ -2158,7 +2158,12 @@

  						 
$fakePA['itemFormElName']=$PA['itemFormElName'].$formPrefix.'['.$key.']['.$vDEFkey.']';
  						 
$fakePA['itemFormElName_file']=$PA['itemFormElName_file'].$formPrefix.'['.$key.']['.$vDEFkey.']';
-							$fakePA['itemFormElValue']=$editData[$key][$vDEFkey];
+							if(isset($editData[$key][$vDEFkey])) {
+							  $fakePA['itemFormElValue']=$editData[$key][$vDEFkey];
+							}
+							else {
+							 
$fakePA['itemFormElValue']=$fakePA['fieldConf']['config']['default'];
+							}

  							$rowCells['formEl']= 
$this->getSingleField_SW($table,$field,$row,$fakePA);
  							$rowCells['title']= 
htmlspecialchars($fakePA['fieldConf']['label']);


Best regards
Peter