{"id":384,"date":"2018-12-02T18:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T18:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadshook.com\/help\/?p=384"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:00:55","slug":"enabling-required-in-custom-field-disable-default-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadshook.com\/help\/enabling-required-in-custom-field-disable-default-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling &#8220;Required&#8221; in custom field disable default value"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2>Issue:<\/h2>\n<p>In a custom field, if &#8220;Required&#8221; is enabled, its default value will not be recognized.<\/p>\n<h2><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leadshook.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/del-59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1435\" height=\"602\"><\/h2>\n<h2>Why does this happen?<\/h2>\n<p>If Required is enabled, your leads must input an answer, hence the default value is disregarded.<\/p>\n<p>If Required is disabled, your leads can choose not to input an answer, the default value will be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Issue: In a custom field, if &#8220;Required&#8221; is enabled, its default value will not be recognized. 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