# 🆕 Default values in forms and add screens! **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954 "2020-08-13T18:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/1 "2020-08-13T18:08:38Z")
I had to take a break from my day to announce that forms and add screen components can now have default values. In this case, I default a choice in a form in my expenses app: ![2020-08-13 11.07.05](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/8/892f2fb7c1faba2e409baf00e5a15a075aaea2dc.gif) The default value is a computed column–it changes based on who owes whom! ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/2 "2020-08-13T18:14:47Z")
This solves a huge issue in my app. Thank you thank you thank you! 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![sardamit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sardamit/32/263_2.png) [@sardamit](https://community.glideapps.com/u/sardamit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/3 "2020-08-13T18:24:19Z")
I have chuckled every time I saw your tweet mentioning this app on my timeline. Cheesy, but it’s cute, and fun. ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/4 "2020-08-13T19:54:57Z")
@david It’s these ‘little’ things that make such a difference. Like polishing a fine jewel. Nice one ☝ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/5 "2020-08-13T20:02:59Z")
Ooh, you can default dates to today or now as well. I like that! ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/6 "2020-08-13T20:37:13Z")
YES! This would be huge! …and speaking of enhancing the “Add” screen…can we please add a visibility filter to it like the Edit Screen?! …please and thank you. ---
**Author:** ![McJagger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mcjagger/32/18616_2.png) [@McJagger](https://community.glideapps.com/u/McJagger)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/7 "2020-08-13T21:18:03Z")
Huge, huge help! ---
**Author:** ![Fassil\_Befekadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fassil\_Befekadu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fassil_Befekadu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/8 "2020-08-13T21:20:29Z")
I do not see this option when using “Add Screen” components - only in Forms. Am I missing something? Otherwise a great enhancement. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/9 "2020-08-13T21:23:40Z")
Is it a detail view screen or an add screen? ---
**Author:** ![Fassil\_Befekadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fassil\_Befekadu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fassil_Befekadu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/10 "2020-08-13T21:38:06Z")
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#): > > screen This is for when using “Choice” component (as opposed to a Data Entry component). Does not work from here: ![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 2.33.52 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/8/84a9efb169dd6c2ccb960b00cc208cf1d582cd19.png) Works from here: ![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 2.34.40 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/2/20c26eafd8816595c5b6c879586584d625e2854d.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/11 "2020-08-13T21:46:07Z")
Shows up for me. Can you also show the component settings where the default value is not showing? Have you refreshed the browser? ---
**Author:** ![Fassil\_Befekadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fassil\_Befekadu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Fassil_Befekadu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/12 "2020-08-13T21:50:26Z")
I have refreshed browser. This is for when using “Choice” component (as opposed to a Data Entry component). Here is a screen shot - I don’t see the “Default” option - which I do see when it is a Data Entry component. No Default here: ![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 2.46.59 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/1/1a6f05d481db23dbd0c3cd28d3819000c64a1006.png) I see Default here: ![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 2.49.51 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/7/7668f5ef598baad9129f4cd7528cfdb0a73434fd.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/13 "2020-08-13T21:58:31Z")
I must have been looking at the wrong thing. I see what you are saying now. I guess I would consider that a bug. ---
**Author:** ![McJagger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mcjagger/32/18616_2.png) [@McJagger](https://community.glideapps.com/u/McJagger)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/14 "2020-08-13T23:03:50Z")
Seems when used as a choice, the default is trying to pull from the screen you are on’s data vs. from the choice data. Hope that makes sense. So if the choices are 1, 2 and 3 from the choices list and I go to select “Default Value” my options appear to be from where I am at vs. 1, 2 or 3. ![screenshot-go.glideapps.com-2020.08.13-17_00_41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/c/c0068f275268da0b7900b8806e1450ff9e30173b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/15 "2020-08-13T23:13:25Z")
Been waiting for this - Glide team @Mark @Jason, can you please acknowledge that you guys are aware of the fact that default value doesn’t work and we can wait to hear about the fix? Thank you! 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/16 "2020-08-13T23:15:52Z")
Can someone please make a video that clearly shows a full-screen Glide builder session where the default value is missing, and share a link to that app? We cannot tell from cropped screenshots alone where to look for the issue. ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/17 "2020-08-13T23:16:58Z")
Also, if your component is missing a default value option, can you try adding another component of the same type to see if it has a default value option, and let us know? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/18 "2020-08-13T23:27:02Z")
I haven’t dived deep into this yet, but quick things I noticed. - Add mode doesn’t allow for a default option to be added on a choice component, but Form mode does. I assume because you currently can’t type in a default value for the choice component and it requires an underlying row. - Can’t type a default choice value. It appears that it can only come from the underlying row (ex. the row the form button is on) - Noticed staging allows you to set default from user profile sheet. Not seeing that in Live, but not sure if that part is released yet. ---
**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/19 "2020-08-13T23:29:44Z")
Hello, I have the same problem as McJagger, the defaults of Choices are bound to Data instead of Source. ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954/20 "2020-08-13T23:31:29Z")
Yes, it looks like we haven’t figured out how to provide default values for Choices on Add screens yet! We’ll make sure we get these out soon. [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-values-in-forms-and-add-screens/13954.md?page=2)