From f059b89fa5bfdc2c6f69fb7aa3436f83d1d8b0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elio Struyf <elio@struyfconsulting.be>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 08:35:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] #306 - Default value fix

---
 CHANGELOG.md               |  1 +
 package.json               |  2 +-
 src/helpers/ContentType.ts | 10 ++++++++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b7ce3a6..539fd0c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - [#302](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/302): Fix for spinner when navigating between tabs
 - [#304](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/304): Fix yaml stringify which caused additional fields to be added
 - [#305](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/305): Fix for overflow issue in taxonomy picker
+- [#306](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/306): Fix for default value of content type fields
 
 ## [7.0.0] - 2022-03-21 - [Release notes](https://beta.frontmatter.codes/updates/v7.0.0)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cd08d09..d9e2bebe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@
                       "description": "Title to show in the UI"
                     },
                     "default": {
-                      "type": "string",
+                      "type": ["string", "number", "boolean", "array", "object", "null"],
                       "description": "Default value"
                     },
                     "choices": {
diff --git a/src/helpers/ContentType.ts b/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
index fa32b064..db032352 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
@@ -152,8 +152,14 @@ export class ContentType {
           if (field.type === "fields") {
             data[field.name] = this.processFields(field, titleValue, {});
           } else {
-            data[field.name] = field.default ? processKnownPlaceholders(field.default, titleValue, dateFormat) : "";
-            data[field.name] = field.default ? ArticleHelper.processCustomPlaceholders(data[field.name], titleValue) : "";
+            const defaultValue = field.default;
+
+            if (typeof defaultValue === "string") {
+              data[field.name] = processKnownPlaceholders(defaultValue, titleValue, dateFormat);
+              data[field.name] = ArticleHelper.processCustomPlaceholders(data[field.name], titleValue);
+            } else {
+              data[field.name] = typeof defaultValue !== "undefined" ? defaultValue : "";
+            }
           }
         }
       }