Is it possible to use shared list columns with default values and set different default values per content type?
I have two content types, one is the List default item content type
. The Test Area content type
was created at the site level and added to the List, it was added to my list with only the Title field, I then added List columns to this content type.
I want to use shared list columns
with different default values
for each content type.
In List Settings>Content Types>Test Area content type - when I am editing the content type, if I modify a field and set a default value I find that the same default value then is also set in the Item
content type. This is not the behaviour I expected or desire. I expected I could set a default column value per content type.
For example in the Test Area
content type I set the AREA column to have a default value of Test Area
. But when I create Item content type
it also uses the same default value - not what I wanted.
Here are the two forms, side-by-side showing the default value circled in red:
Research
Similar post here - although I want to configure default values for list columns, not site columns.