Set the Default Value Based on a User Input

Goal

Set the default value of a variable based on what the user enters in another component.

This example only applies when the default value is based on the user's input in another component. See Set the Default Value of an Input on a Task Form recipe when the default value must be set as soon as the form is displayed and without requiring the user to interact with the form.

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a!localVariables(
  local!username,
  local!email,
  local!emailModified: false,
  a!formLayout(
    label: "Example: Default Value Based on User Input",
    contents: {
      a!textField(
        label: "Username",
        instructions: "Value saved: " & local!username,
        value: local!username,
        saveInto: {
          local!username,
          if(local!emailModified, {}, a!save(local!email, append(save!value, "@example.com")))
        },
        refreshAfter: "KEYPRESS"
      ),
      a!textField(
        label: "Email",
        instructions: "Value saved: " & local!email,
        value: local!email,
        saveInto: {
          local!email,
          a!save(local!emailModified, true)
        }
      )
    },
    buttons: a!buttonLayout(
      primaryButtons: a!buttonWidget(
        label: "Submit",
        submit: true
      )
    )
  )
)

Test it out

1. Type into the Username field and notice that the Email field is pre-populated.
2. Type into the Username field, then modify the Email value, and type into the Username field again. The Email field is no longer pre-populated.

Notice that the value of username as well as the email address field are updated as you type. That's because the username input is configured with refreshAfter: "KEYPRESS"

To write your data to process

1. Save your interface as sailRecipe
2. Create rule inputs: username (Text), email (Text)
3. Delete local variables: local!username, local!email
4. In your expression, replace:
   • local!username with ri!username
   • local!email with ri!email
5. In your process model, on the process start form or forms tab of an activity, enter the name of your interface in the search box and select it
6. Click Yes when the Process Modeler asks, "Do you want to import the rule inputs?"
   • On a task form, this will create node inputs
   • On a start form, this will create parameterized process variables

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