Default values for "input" properties

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Hi,

is there a way to pass default values to the control properties? Those that have usage set to "input" ?

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Alex

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MagnusGöransson 424 on at

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Yes, there is usually a "Default" property on each control. Depeinging on the type you can set it to a date, a true/false value or text.

Set it to something static or use a variable.

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ashlega 103 on at

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Hi Magnus,

I am looking for a way to add default property value to the control manifest in PCF. Something like this:

<property name="test" display-name-key="test" description-key="test" of-type="SingleLine.Text" usage="input" required="false" default="default value" />

The above line does not work, though, since "default" attribute is not recognized.

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Ben Thompson 1,400 on at

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Personally I would just add the default values to the parameters at the top of the index.ts class and then override them with the parameter value at the top of the updateView method.

private template: string="Default Value"; public async updateView(context: ComponentFramework.Context<IInputs>): Promise<any> { this.contextObj = context; if (context.parameters.Template){ this.template=context.parameters.Template; }

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ashlega 103 on at

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Hi Ben,

That would work, but I was hoping to actually to be able to show those default values in the form designer(can probably add them to the description, too, when they are not too long... but would be nice if the users could see those default values, not just assume them from the "documentation")

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Hemant Gaur Microsoft Employee on at

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@ashlega wrote:
Hi Ben,

That would work, but I was hoping to actually to be able to show those default values in the form designer(can probably add them to the description, too, when they are not too long... but would be nice if the users could see those default values, not just assume them from the "documentation")

This is great suggestion @ashlega , can you please log a feature request idea here ?

hemant

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ashlega 103 on at

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Hi Hemant,

there you go: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Ideas/Support-default-parameters-for-PCF-control-properties/idi-p/304376#M26681

It seems Ben's suggestion would be the answer for now.

Thanks,
Alex

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Guido Preite 1,488 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi Alex, there is already a property to define a default value, it is default-value
my control already uses it (source) and the form designer show the values (however they are not rendered in the harness)

in my blog post there is a screenshot of the properties

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ashlega 103 on at

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Thanks, Guido! I think that's exactly what I was looking for.

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