Added alwaysApplyDefaultValues flag to collections

Author: fgatti675

examples/example_pro/src/FirestoreApp/collections/test_collection.tsx

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export const testCollection = buildCollection<any>({
         path: "test_entity",
         customId: true,
         name: "Test entities",
+        alwaysApplyDefaultValues: true,
         entityViews: [{
             key: "sec",
             name: "Secondary form",
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export const testCollection = buildCollection<any>({
                 dataType: "string",
                 name: "Multiline",
                 multiline: true,
+                defaultValue: "Hello\nWorld"
             },
             size: {
                 dataType: "map",

packages/firecms_core/src/form/EntityForm.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
     getValueInPath,
     isHidden,
     isReadOnly,
+    mergeDeep,
     resolveCollection,
     useDebouncedCallback
 } from "../util";
@@ -639,7 +640,11 @@ function getInitialEntityValues<M extends object>(
     });
     const properties = resolvedCollection.properties;
     if ((status === "existing" || status === "copy") && entity) {
-        return entity.values ?? getDefaultValuesFor(properties);
+        if (!collection.alwaysApplyDefaultValues) {
+            return entity.values ?? getDefaultValuesFor(properties);
+        } else {
+            return mergeDeep(getDefaultValuesFor(properties), entity.values ?? {});
+        }
     } else if (status === "new") {
         return getDefaultValuesFor(properties);
     } else {

packages/firecms_core/src/types/collections.ts

@@ -323,6 +323,13 @@ export interface EntityCollection<M extends Record<string, any> = any, USER exte
      * This prop has only effect if you are using the collection editor.
      */
     editable?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * If set to true, the default values of the properties will be applied
+     * to the entity every time the entity is updated (not only when created).
+     * Defaults to false.
+     */
+    alwaysApplyDefaultValues?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**