Default values in modules fields

[alexfont]

Hi,

Is there a way to add default values in some particular modules in back-office?!

For example, I need Gallery module fields to appear always with default values I'm using for that website. This will prevent me to continually type those values.

Thanks in advance,

[tsarma]

Which and what value?
You can do it in dcaconfig.php file.
For example, following will ask for minimum length for alternative text to be of 8 characters.

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['alt']['eval']['minlength'] = 8;

[thyon]

This would be a default value setting:

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['perRow']['default'] = 6;

[alexfont]

Sorry the late reply and thanks for posting.

I've try what you both said and none work.

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['size']['width']['default'] = 150;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['size']['height']['default'] = 100;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['imagemargin']['top']['default'] = 18;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['imagemargin']['right']['default'] = 18;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['imagemargin']['unit']['default'] = 'px';
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['perRow']['default'] = 4;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['perPage']['default'] = 24;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['fullsize']['default'] = true;

and

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['size']['eval']['width'] = 150;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['size']['eval']['height'] = 100;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['eval']['top'] = 18;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['eval']['right'] = 18;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['eval']['unit'] = 'px';
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['perRow']['default'] = 4;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['perPage']['default'] = 24;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['fullsize']['default'] = true;

Any idea what I might doing wrong?

[alexfont]

Those 3 configs are working now:

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['perRow']['default'] = 4;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['perPage']['default'] = 24;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['fullsize']['default'] = true;

I can't not set now the Image Size and Margins.



Edit:

Just manage to make it work with the following configuration:

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['size']['default']['0'] = 150;    // width
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['size']['default']['1'] = 100;    // height
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['size']['default']['3'] = 'crop'; // Exact dimensions
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['default']['top'] = 18;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['default']['right'] = 18;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['default']['unit'] = 'px';
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['perRow']['default'] = 4;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['perPage']['default'] = 24;
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['fullsize']['default'] = true;

It looks like this image in the backoffice:


Thanks for helping me

[tsarma]

Image size is stored as a serialized value in Database, so use for example

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_gallery']['fields']['items_size'] = 'a:2:{i:0;s:3:"360";i:1;s:3:"465";}';

exact value you can look into Database and copy that. I think same should be for margin

[alexfont]

Thanks for let me know. It may indeed be faster to set default values that way since we actually don't need to know all the field names. Will you next time

[thyon]

Nope. The default value does NOT have to be serialized. You can just do this by shortening it:

$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['size']['default'] = array(0=>217,2=>'crop');
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_content']['fields']['imagemargin']['default'] = array('top'=>'18','right'=>18,'unit'=>'px');