Preselect specific term on post form

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Last updated by Christian Cox 4 years, 1 month ago.

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December 16, 2020 at 6:14 pm #1878483

andyB-12

We just discovered another problem and the client would like, that the parent category is checked by default. Could you help me with that?
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December 16, 2020 at 7:06 pm #1878545

Christian Cox

Hello, there's not an easy way to preselect taxonomy term checkbox option(s) like this in the Form builder or using the Forms API. The "value" attribute does not apply to taxonomy fields, as stated in the documentation: https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/forms/cred-shortcodes/#cred_field

The field filtering API only applies to custom fields:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_filter_field_before_add_to_form

A custom solution using JavaScript to add a checked attribute to a specific checkbox input can be seen in an older ticket here: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/pre-fill-value-for-checkboxes-select-lists-and-radio-buttons/
You might be able to customize that for your needs.