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title: "Component field default value"
date: "2018-10-23T14:27:28+00:00"
summary: "Set default values for your component form elements to streamline content creation. Learn how to add and manage defaults, understanding their impact on placed components and content workflow."
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url: "/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/component-field-default-value"
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You can set a default value on your component form element, this is optional.

Important

The default value will be used when the Component is placed onto the Layout canvas. Once placed, the value becomes part of the content. If you change the default value in your Component configuration, the change will not propagate to Components that have been placed. This is by design.

Add a default value
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To add a default value: 

1.  Navigate to a component 
2.  Double click on a form field element on the Component form builder
3.  Within the **Default section** enter a default value. 

![40714499-component-default-value.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/fc9dad0d-a8ec-4413-91fe-779d9265b329/web/40714499-component-default-value.png)