How to set a boolean field to true by default in Sanity Studio.
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Last updated: Aug 19, 2021
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😟How do I make a boolean true on my sanity studio? For example, when a new document is created I want the boolean to be checked true. I used
initialValue: truebut when I created a new document it wasn't checked true by default.
Aug 18, 2021, 6:31 PM
Hi User. To confirm, is
As you pointed out,
initialValue: trueset at the top level of your boolean field? For example:
export default {
name: 'booleanTest',
title: 'Boolean Test',
type: 'document',
fields: [
{
name: 'title',
title: 'Title',
type: 'string',
},
{
name: 'someBoolean',
title: 'Some Boolean',
type: 'boolean',
initialValue: true,
},
// ...
],
}initialValuewill only trigger upon the creation of a new document (i.e., it won’t retroactively set anything).
Aug 19, 2021, 6:49 AM
Ahh, I see here that everything looks good. What do you see when you run
sanity versionsin your terminal? Any chance you’re on a version earlier than 2.10.0 (when
initialValuesupport at the field-level was added)?
Aug 19, 2021, 6:54 AM
Ahh, I see here that everything looks good. What do you see when you run
sanity versionsin your terminal? Any chance you’re on a version of 2.10.0 (when
initialValuesupport at the field-level was added)?
Aug 19, 2021, 6:54 AM
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user A
Thanks for the reply, please I created a comment system and by default when someone leaves a comment I want it to be approved that is why I used the initialValue: true. Later when I see any spam then I uncheck it to false on my studio.Below is how the code looks like
export default {
name: "comment",
type: "document",
title: "Comment",
fields: [
{
name: "name",
type: "string",
},
{
title: "Approved",
name: "approved",
type: "boolean",
initialValue: true,
},
{
name: "email",
type: "string",
},
{
name: "comment",
type: "text",
},
{
name: "blog",
type: "reference",
to: [{ type: "blog" }],
},
],
preview: {
select: {
name: "name",
comment: "comment",
blog: "blog.title",
},
prepare({ name, comment, blog }) {
return {
title: `${name} commented on ${blog}`,
subtitle: comment,
};
},
},
};Aug 19, 2021, 7:03 AM
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user A
I just upgraded my sanity yesterdayAug 19, 2021, 7:06 AM
If your documents aren't being created by a user in the studio,
initialValuewon't work; you'll need to replicate the functionality. See the first Gotcha here .
Aug 19, 2021, 7:12 AM
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