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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:

  1. Value from $GLOBALS['TCA']

  2. Value from User TSconfig

  3. Value from Page TSconfig (these settings)

  4. Value from "defVals" GET variables

  5. Value from previous record based on 'useColumnsForDefaultValues'

Example:

# Show newly created pages by default
TCAdefaults.pages.hidden = 0