title: "Control Values" post_status: publish comment_status: open taxonomy: category: - elementor-developers-docs post_tag: - Controls - Src - Repos

Control Values

You can set custom default values for your control. For example, if you add a new field, you can define its default value.

Control Default Value

Set the default values to display when initializing the control. Note that some controls return a single value (strings, numbers, bool etc.), while other controls return arrays. Make sure you set a default value with the same data type.

The following will set a default value for a data control, which will return a single value:

class Elementor_Test_Control extends \Elementor\Base_Data_Control {

    public function get_type(): string {
        return 'continents-control';
    }

    protected function get_default_settings(): array {
        return [
            'continents' => [ 'Asia', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'North America', 'South America', 'Australia/Oceania', 'Antarctica', ]
        ];
    }

    public function get_default_value(): string {
        return 'Europe';
    }

}

Overriding Default Values

When controls are used in widgets, you can either use the default value set by the control or override it and set your own default values:

```php {14-21,23-31}