Magento 2 default value system configuration

Qaisar Satti

6 years ago

Today we discuss about Magento 2 default value system configuration.This tutorial include how you can add your default value for system configuration in input, dropdwon, multiselect and other field too. So let’s start with our example.

Create system.xml

First step is create system.xml in following directory.

QaisarSatti/HelloWorld/etc/adminhtml/

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Config:etc/system_file.xsd">
<system>
<tab id="qaisarsatti_helloworld" translate="label" sortOrder="200">
<label>QaisarSatti HelloWorld</label>
</tab>
<section id="helloworld" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="100" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
<label>HelloWorld COnfiguration</label>
<tab>qaisarsatti_helloworld</tab>
<resource>qaisarsatti_helloworld::config</resource>
<group id="general" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="10" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
<label>General</label>
<field id="enabled" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="1" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
<label>Enabeld </label>
<source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
</field>
<field id="title" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="5" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
<label>Title</label>
</field>
</group>
</section>
</system>
</config>

Create Config.xml

Create config.xml in following directory.

QaisarSatti\HelloWorld\etc\config.xml

Use section id than group id and at the end field id.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Store:etc/config.xsd">
<default>
<helloworld>
<general>
<enabled>1</enabled>
</general>
</helloworld>
</default>
</config>