Set defaults on fields

[Mike_Ball]

Simply the ability to set a default on fields other than numeric

On a date, the obvious is Today

On a string, just set a default value

[Robb_Chen-Ware]

Default value for checkbox would be nice too

[Gustav_Gnosspel]

The Ctrl + ; shortcut doesn’t seem to work on non-English keyboards since there is no “pure” button for semicolons. On most European keyboards it is accomplished by pressing Shift + , . Pressing Ctrl + Shift + , doesn’t work in Airtable.

May I suggest remapping this shortcut to a different key?

[Amrik_Cooper]

Super-surprised to see that this isn’t a current feature. + 1.

[Matthew_Dewey]

+1 Agree this would be a great feature to have.

[Ben_Hummel]

+1, I’m using Airtable for sprint planning and I’d love for the default single-select option for my Tiling column to be “Backlog” rather than blank.

[Tres_Henry]

+1 but in particular single select (would be great to have new kanban items default to todo/available) and date default to today.

[Oli_Steadman]

+1 please although using the above workaround from @James_Steed

[Sandy_Qiu]

+1 For any status field such as in project management and book collection, a default state saves a lot of manual entry.

[David_Moy_de_Vi]

+1 This is essential and should be really easy to implement

[David_Moy_de_Vi]

Just a question, how fast does Airtable evolve ? At what horizon could this be implemented ?