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# Default values

Shared pick-lists that fill dropdowns inside Toolbox elements. Managed under **AI Toolbox → Default values**.

## What they are

Some element inputs are dropdowns whose options are the same across many elements: the form of address to use, the writing style, the language. Rather than retyping those choices into every element, you define them once here.

There are three lists:

| List                | Typical entries                           |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| **Form of address** | Formal, Informal, Neutral                 |
| **Language**        | Dutch, English, German, French            |
| **Writing style**   | Concise, Detailed, Friendly, Businesslike |

When an element has an input of one of those types, its dropdown is filled from the matching list automatically.

## Adding an entry

Each list has its own add button: **Add form of address**, **Add language**, **Add writing style**.

| Field     | What it is                                              |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Label** | What the user sees in the dropdown.                     |
| **Value** | The text actually inserted into the element's template. |

The **Value** copies the **Label** until you edit it separately, which is the whole point of having two fields.

## Why the two fields matter

The label is for the human. The value is the instruction to the model. Keeping them separate is what makes these lists useful.

| Label     | Value                                                                                                        |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Formal`  | `Address the reader formally, using the polite form throughout. Avoid contractions and colloquialisms.`      |
| `Concise` | `Write as briefly as possible while keeping all essential information. Prefer short sentences. No preamble.` |
| `Dutch`   | `Write the entire response in Dutch, using natural Dutch phrasing rather than a literal translation.`        |

A user picks `Formal` from a dropdown. The model receives a full instruction. That is far more reliable than hoping the model infers what your organisation means by "formal".

Write values as complete instructions, in the imperative, and be specific about what you want.

## Editing and removing

Each row's menu offers **Edit** and **Remove**.

Changing a value changes the behaviour of every element that uses that list, which is usually what you want, and occasionally a surprise. Removing an entry removes the option from every dropdown that offered it.