Set Default Value for People Picker in List Template current user

Question

Hi,
I have field definition in my custom list
  <Field ID="{26763808-64BB-4A3C-93A0-ED45AF783D45}"  Type="User" Name="RequestedBy" DisplayName="Requested By" Required="FALSE" ></Field>
I need to set default current user in this.
I found few options with javascript.
Thanks in Advance.
Where I can find on set of default commands like Today
Hari

Answer 1

Hi,
Default current user can’t be got in calculated column like Today. I suggest that use SPD Workflow described above or JavaScript. Open NewForm page of the list, then add “pageview=shared&toolpaneview=2”
to the page URL, click Enter to go to edit mode. Then add a Content Editor Web Part to the bottom of NewForm page, copy the code bellow into Source Editor of CEWP.   
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://come:100/sites/collection1/Shared Documents/jquery.SPServices-0.7.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">    
$(document).ready(function(){
var CurrUser=$().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({
fieldName: "Name", debug: false});
$('#ctl00_m_g_dab5800a_09ac_4f35_97f6_9b5496127f68_ctl00_ctl04_ctl02_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_UserField_upLevelDiv').html(CurrUser);
</script>
Note:
download jquery.SPServices-0.7.0.js here and upload it to your own site:
http://spservices.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets, and then replace the route of jquery.SPServices-0.7.0.js above with the route in your site. ctl00_m_g_dab5800a_09ac_4f35_97f6_9b5496127f68_ctl00_ctl04_ctl02_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_UserField_upLevelDiv
is the id of the people-picker, please find it in your own NewForm page.
Another method, you can use Event Handler. Here is the example code.
public
override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
if (properties.ListTitle == "listname")//replace listname with your list.
SPWebcurrentWeb = properties.OpenWeb();
SPUseruser = currentWeb.SiteUsers.GetByID(properties.CurrentUserId);
SPListItemliitem = properties.ListItem;
SPFieldUserValuefieldUser =
newSPFieldUserValue(currentWeb, user.ID, user.LoginName);
      liitem["currentuser"] = fieldUser;//replace currentuser with your field name.    
      liitem.Update();
//base.ItemAdded(properties);
If anything unclear, please feel free to ask.
Thanks.
Emir Liu
TechNet Community Support