SharePoint Online: Set Current User as Default Value in Person or Group Field
Requirement: Fill the Current user in person or group field (People Picker column) in SharePoint Online list New form.
How to Set the Person or Group Field Default Value as Current User in SharePoint Online?
I have a list to track travel requests and want to fill some people picker columns to a currently logged-in user. Just edit the new form to fill the currently logged-in user to the person or group field’s value.aspx, add a script editor web part, and place the below script in it. This works only in “classic experience”.
<script src="https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/Intranet/SiteAssets/jquery-3.2.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
SP.SOD.executeOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(loadCurrentUser, 'clientpeoplepicker.js');
});
function loadCurrentUser() {
SP.SOD.executeFunc('sp.js', 'SP.ClientContext', function () {
var currentUserRequest = $.ajax({
url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + '/_api/web/currentuser',
method: 'GET',
headers: {
"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
"content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose"
}
});
currentUserRequest.done(function (result) {
var userObj = { 'Key': result.d.Email };
var TravelerPeoplePickerCtrlId = $('nobr:contains("Name of the Traveler")').closest('tr').find('div.sp-peoplepicker-topLevel').attr('id');
var TravelerPeoplePicker = SPClientPeoplePicker.SPClientPeoplePickerDict[TravelerPeoplePickerCtrlId];
TravelerPeoplePicker.AddUnresolvedUser(userObj, true);
});
});
}
</script>
Make sure the “Name of the Traveler” is the Title of the People picker field.
How about filling the current user name in a “Single Line of Text'” field?
<script language="javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
var userName = _spPageContextInfo.userDisplayName;
$("input[Title='Employee Name Required Field']").val(userName);
});
</script>
Don’t forget to update the Input field’s title in the script as per your SharePoint List field!
