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UseWatch with an input field that has a default value returns undefined when the input field is not changed
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Description
**What you were expecting:**
I would expect that useWatch returns the default value of the field.
**What happened instead:**
useWatch returns undefined, untill I change the watched field.
**Steps to reproduce:**
create a form with an input that has a default value, then have another component use useWatch on that input field, the resulting value is undefined untill you change the input.
**Related code:**
I created a WatchBug component in the PostCreate file. It watches the Published at input. you see that initally the value returned is undefined.
https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-mjvobu?file=src%2Fposts%2FPostCreate.tsx
**Environment**
* React-admin version: 4.15.2
* Last version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): 4.8.4 does not show the bug, I did not try other versions inbetween.
Working version on 4.8.4
https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-ladv9x?file=src%2Fposts%2FPostCreate.tsx
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Research direction
Start with the WatchBug component in src/posts/PostCreate.tsx from the linked StackBlitz and inspect how useWatch observes the Published at input. Reproduce the behavior on react-admin 4.15.2 and compare it with 4.8.4; done means useWatch returns the field's default value before the input changes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100