I would like to alter the default settings for the file component of webform - reduce the default upload size and insert a default subdirectory.

The defaults are defined in file.inc, _webform_defaults_file()

I've looked through all the documentation I could find, and unfortunately I've been unable to figure out how another module can alter those defined defaults. (I can use webform_file_restrict_form_webform_component_edit_form_alter to alter the resulting form, but I'm not sure if it's possible to change the default values there. When I tried, (i.e. $form['validation']['size']['#default_value'], it set the form value to the default value all the time and ignored changes.

Would anyone know?
Thanks in advance!

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quicksketch
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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Hi there! This isn't currently possible. We have a patch that is under consideration at #2013523: Add an alter hook for component defaults to add this functionality. In the mean time the only approach is to use hook_form_alter() like you've done already. I'm marking this issue a duplicate of that other issue.

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pq commented

In the meantime, you can get your code to work by changing it to something like this:

$form['validation']['size']['#default_value'] = isset($component['validation']['size']) ? $component['validation']['size'] : 'your default value';

You might have to inspect the $component to make sure that $component['validation']['size'] is correctly nested and change if not.