Yes, I agree with you that there should be a default option for long text fields.

However, the default field option is extremely limited and should never be depended on, as explained in the thread below.

Hands-down, your #1 best bet for this is to use automations for all your default field values. It’s the only way to ensure that you’ll get default values for all new records.

Yeah, bummer! But thank you for the info!

You’re welcome! Glad I could help!

I would also like to see a default text option for long text fields, especially with rich text formatting!

+1, so we can add a standard checklist to each record

Definitely +1 for this as well – with all the automation potential available in Airtable right now this feels like a very basic element which isn’t keeping up with the times

You could even do this completely through the automation panel: ie If new record created –> Update cell with pre-formatted text. I imagine you could even have a little Mock long-text field in the automation panel so you can pre-format yourself exactly as though you were formatting it in the long text field itself (With Rich text on or off)

This is from 2 years ago- is there a fix for this or a workaround? I want a default template of text that i want staff to see rather than having this template somewhere else- what's the best way to do this?

+1 to this

+1 to this!

It's been about 4. 5 years since this was initially asked. Any update? It would be so useful for providing templates to our teams in the long text field (with rich text formatting enabled).

+1 to this request!!