Hi there, I'm currently using blocks for a collection type, and I want to add a default value to the Block field so my editors have a default setup to work with.

I already tried something like this:

   defaultValue: [
                {
                  blockType: 'registered-block1'
                },
                {
                  blockType: 'registered-block2'
                },
                {
                  blockType: 'registered-block3'
                }
              ]

But that didn't work :l

Managed to fix it, the default value entries requires a

blockName

as well to work.

For future reference, or anyone else looking for this. the payloadCMS repository has a

test

folder including several setups for Payload.

I managed to find a working example here:

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/blob/master/test/fields/collections/Blocks/index.ts

jarrod_not_jared
2 years ago
Hey
@203164998514638848
are you using typescript? I would imagine it would have complained that you did not give a block name?
derosul2 years ago
Yes, I am using typescript 🙂

DefaultValue is unknown
jarrod_not_jared
2 years ago
Interesting! Yep, figured it was the defaultValue. Hmmm I’ll bring this up internally, I imagine we could improve this!
derosul2 years ago
Yes, adding typings should fix questions when it comes to this! in the meantime, using the "test" directory on the payload CMS repo is really helpful when figuring out configs!

Thanks for checking
@281120856527077378
🙂
jarrod_not_jared
2 years ago
Yeah that’s a gold mine for sure haha!
dangerous05last year
can we use default values for fields that have type UI
jarrod_not_jared
last year
Ui fields don’t actually store a value so I’m not sure I understand the question

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