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TCAdefaults¶
This allows to set or override the default
values of TCA
fields that is available
for various TCA types, for instance for type=input.
The full path of a setting include the table and the field name: TCAdefaults.[table name].[field]
This key is also available on User TSconfig level, the order of default values when creating new records in the backend is this:
Value from $GLOBALS['TCA']
Value from User TSconfig
Value from Page TSconfig (these settings)
Value from "defVals" GET variables
Value from previous record based on 'useColumnsForDefaultValues'
Example:
# Show newly created pages by default
TCAdefaults.pages.hidden = 0