FormFlow Accepting Default Value

Question

Is there anyway, when being prompted for a value in a FormFlow dialog, of allowing the user to simply hit 'Enter' to accept the default value for a field?

For example I have a field defined as

    [Prompt("Appointments Starting At? {||}")]
    [Template(TemplateUsage.Unspecified, "today")]
    [Template(TemplateUsage.NoPreference, "today")]
    [Optional]
    public string StartDate;

When the user gets to this step they are prompted as expected

Appointments Starting At? (current choice: today)

What I would like is for the user to simply hit 'Enter' to accept the default value. Is this possible, and if so how?

Thanks in advance

Dmitri Soshnikov Dmitri Soshnikov · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05T14:14:03

I do not think it's a good idea to use blank lines (pressing Enter) as a meaningful content in a conversation. Some messaging platforms (eg. Skype) may simply not send the empty lines along (if you just press Enter in the empty chat field nothing happens).

Maybe you can re-consider the logic and allow the user to alter the parameters upon confirmation? E.g. say "I am setting the appointment for today, please confirm or change the desired date".

FormFlow Accepting Default Value

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