Using page function for the default value of a text field

Kirby 3
1

I want to use a page function for the default value in a text field.
There is Is it possible to show the current date in query language? doing something similar. However, I can’t get it to work.
This is the blueprint of the field:

          tournee:
            label: Tournee
            default: "{{page.year}}"
            type: text

In the folder models I put a file with the same name as the blueprint file.
Its contents:

class Medienspiegelarchiv extends Page
{
    public function year()
    {
        return date('Y');
    }
}

When I open the page in the panel the textfield contains the string {{page.year}} instead of 2023.

What am I missing?

Thanks a lot for any feedback!

2

See documentation how to create a page model: Page models | Kirby CMS

Must be

MedienspiegelarchivPage
3

Thanks @texnixe I added the Page bit, but it still does not work.
if I change the blueprint to

          tournee:
            label: Tournee
            before: "{{page.year}}"
            default: "{{page.year}}"
            type: text

the before part appears correctly in the text field, but the default value does not. Is that a bug or just something that does not work for the default value?

4

I’m never really sure when query language works for default values or not, for most fields, query language does not work, but I thought it did for the text field.

5

Thanks, @texnixe – I hope this gets solved sometime, it seems I am not the only one trying to get it to work.

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