Answers.Body: <p>That functionality doesn't currently exist out-of-the-box (as of 2.5.2752), but it would be possible as a custom development: You'd essentially need to create a clone of the Categories fieldtype, add your own config/setting to select the default categories, and then use the <code>prepValue()</code> method of the fieldtype to pre-select those default categories for new entries.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a way to have auto selected a category when an editor creates a new section entry in the admin?
  Kinda like a pre-filled field?</p>
  
Tags: <category><content>
Title: Have auto selected categories with new section entry
ThreadText: # Have auto selected categories with new section entry
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-08)
  
  Is there a way to have auto selected a category when an editor creates a new section entry in the admin?
  Kinda like a pre-filled field?
  
  **Tags:** category, content
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  That functionality doesn't currently exist out-of-the-box (as of 2.5.2752), but it would be possible as a custom development: You'd essentially need to create a clone of the Categories fieldtype, add your own config/setting to select the default categories, and then use the `prepValue()` method of the fieldtype to pre-select those default categories for new entries.
  
  
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