Checkbox field checked by default?

[prestoav]

Hi folks,

Is there any way to setup a checkbox field so that is checked by default? I can't see that in the field admin and where.

Thanks!

[bernhard]

The problem with default yes is that it would not affect already existing items. So if you had 100 pages already, then you add a checkbox with default=1 and you add another 200 pages and then you use a selector "mycheckbox=1" then it would find 100 pages, not 200.

Or you'd have to update all 100 pages that already existed before you added the checkbox.

Ryan recommended once (if I remember correctly) to use what I'd call the reverse-label-pattern. So instead of showing a checkbox "send email after save" that is default on, you'd add a checkbox that is default off and shows "do NOT send an email after save". Or "no mail after send" or whatever.

Or you add a hook on page create that populates the checkbox for you.

Or you add a toggle field, that has the option to set default yes/no etc.

I think I'd probably use a nice, non-reversed label together with a hook to auto-populate when the page is created.