Why won't FrameMaker use the default attribute I set in the EDD?

[Scott Prentice]

Just use the default image properties dialog. Don't try setting the element attribute. 

...scott

Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos or unexpected brevity. 

On Jun 7, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Heather Thomas <hthomas at avbasesystems.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> Here is my scenario:
> Create a new concept.
> Insert <fig> within <conbody>. <p><image> is inserted automatically within <fig> (because of EDD). **The same problem occurs if I only insert <image>.
> When I click in the Attributes pod, on align, the bottom says: "align Type: Optional Choice Default: left". However, the actual value in the table is "<no value> and the image appears center aligned.
> Save the concept.
> Close the concept.
> Re-open the concept.
> <image> now has align = center.
> Here is an excerpt from my EDD for the concept, within the element <image>.
> 
> Name: align     Choice     Optional 
> Choices:    left, right, center, current
> Default:    left
> 
> I have tried an Optional String with a default value as well but in this case the default is also ignored. It does not seem that one can set a Default for a Required Attribute.
> 
> This is not a show-stopper because we can manually set the attribute for each image and it is saved in the .xml. However, I would like to understand how this works (or doesn't) and it would also be convenient to have it default to a left alignment whenever an image is added.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any response!
> 
> Heather
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