--- title: "Tips and Tricks: Changing the default field editor options" description: "If you have been looking for a way to change the default option that is being offered when creating new fields in the field editor, look no further!" url: https://www.jeroenfurst.nl/blog/Tips-and-Tricks-Changing-the-default-field-editor date: 2012-07-11 category: Forms tags: [Forms] reading_time: 1 --- # Tips and Tricks: Changing the default field editor options > If you have been looking for a way to change the default option that is being offered when creating new fields in the field editor, look no further! Kentico 7 ships with new form engine settings. These settings allow you to select which form controls should be the default options when creating new fields for document types, custom tables, on-line forms etc: [](~/getattachment/9d05dec6-ad16-4ff5-8ee7-358366b0e0d9/default_properties.png.aspx) *Tip: You can achieve similar behavior in version 6, by simply renaming the display names of form controls (i.e. \_Text box will make it default).* Happy tuning!