Auto-populate the minimum amount of array elements

[qbeauperin]

If an array field is defined with both required: true and a minRows value, a nice quality of life improvement would be to automatically add the minimum amount of items to the array when creating a new doc, as the user will need to add these sections in no matter what.

For example, take the following config:

{
  name: 'content',
  type: 'array',
  required: true,
  minRows: 1,
  labels: {
    singular: "Section",
    plural: "Sections"
  },
  fields: [...]
}

instead of having this

have this

or this if you have initCollapsed: true

[Because789]

I stumbled upon the same issue (my question on Discord). It seems to me, having a config option (like showMinRows: true/false) would be a great addition. Or is there a simple workaround I'm not seeing?

[r1tsuu]

I think you can do this with defaultValue.
defaultValue: [{ }, { }] - 2 rows by default

[akhrarovsaid]

Yep you're right, just checked. This creates two rows by default. Should minRows do this by default unless a defaultValue is already present? 🤔

[Because789]

Yep, that works! Simple if you know it, but IMO not really intuitive. I think @akhrarovsaid's suggestion makes sense, minRows should do this by default unless a defaultValue is already present. And if that isn't possible for some reason, at least it should be mentioned in the docs.