How to set default for files type field

Kirby 3 Solved ✅
1

Hi.

I know you can set a “default” blueprint option for a “Files” type field.
I want to set set a default image for some “Files” type field, but not sure how I should set this.

Thanks.

2

You can pass the path to an existing image file:

cover:
  type: files
  multiple: false
  query: site.find("photography").children.images
  default: photography/animals/abba.jpg

This only make sense, if the default image does already exist; you can’t use a default that has to be uploaded first, of course.

3

Thanks.

4

Sorry to jump in on this but can I just enter a standard file path for the default value? Like my standard assets path, e. g.: default: assets/img/default.jpg
Or is that only possible with a custom query? Because it doesn’t seem to work for me with:

meta_image:
  type: files
  label: Image
  layout: cards
  max: 1
  multiple: false
  query: page.images
  default: assets/img/default.jpg
5

I haven’t tested this, but you could try a query in conjunction with a page model. If that doesn’t work, you might as well set the default image in your template if the field is not filled in.

6

Well, I’m not advanced enough with PHP and Kirby yet to work with page models, so I’m gonna do the template method and ignore the default value for now. Thanks