Set Default Using The Next Instruction

A modifier instruction - it doesn't add elements itself. Instead, it marks whichever element the next instruction adds as the default selection for that set. Most commonly used on a title selectable, so a Workview opens with a sensible element already chosen rather than whatever happens to be first in the list.

Example

1. Element: 2023, 2024, 2025
2. Set Default Using The Next Instruction
3. Element: 2024

The title selectable shows all three years as options, but opens defaulted to 2024 rather than 2023.

A cached selection in local storage takes precedence

MODLR caches a user's selected element in the browser's local storage for selectables, so the same selectable reopens with whatever a user last picked rather than the default every time. If a cached selection already exists for that dimension, it's used instead of the element this instruction marks as default - Set Default Using The Next Instruction only takes effect when there's no cached selection to fall back on (e.g. a first visit, or a cleared browser). Whether that caching happens, and whether you can turn it off, depends on where the selectable lives:

• Workview title selectables always persist, with no way to turn it off.
• Dashboard selectables persist when configured to update dimension context, but not when configured to update a variable instead - see Dashboard Overview.
• Card selectables are the only ones with an explicit Persist property (Yes/No) - see Selectable. Turn it off if you need Set Default Using The Next Instruction to win every time, regardless of what a user picked previously.