<p>As there's no settings option to define a default, there's two things you can do:</p>

<ol>
<li>Copy / fork the field type and add the option or simply hack it to your needs.</li>
<li>Contact P&amp;T and make a feature request for setting field type defaults for Position select (and others).</li>
</ol>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-01-26T16:21:12.430Z
2015-01-26T17:50:32.623Z
2015-01-26T17:50:32.623Z
carlcs
<p>Just getting around to adding advanced layout features to our site, when I say advanced I just mean floated images left &amp; right. The problem I seem to have though is that <code>left</code> is always the default position. </p>

<p>There is a way around it if I disable left &amp; right and use drop-left &amp; drop-right but I think it would be more usable if we were able to set a default.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-01-26T16:04:09.750Z
I don't think there's currently any way to do this. I agree though: it would be a great feature.
Marion Newlevant
<field><position>
How do I select a default in the Position Select field?
# How do I select a default in the Position Select field?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-26)

Just getting around to adding advanced layout features to our site, when I say advanced I just mean floated images left & right. The problem I seem to have though is that `left` is always the default position.

There is a way around it if I disable left & right and use drop-left & drop-right but I think it would be more usable if we were able to set a default.

**Tags:** field, position
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't think there's currently any way to do this. I agree though: it would be a great feature.  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-01-26. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

As there's no settings option to define a default, there's two things you can do:

1. Copy / fork the field type and add the option or simply hack it to your needs.
2. Contact P&T and make a feature request for setting field type defaults for Position select (and others).


---

