fix default values

app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue

@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ export default {
 
     this.fields.forEach((field) => {
       if (field.default_value && !field.readonly) {
-        this.values[field.uuid] = field.default_value
+        this.values[field.uuid] ||= field.default_value
       }
     })
 

app/javascript/submission_form/text_step.vue

@@ -123,12 +123,14 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   mounted () {
-    this.isTextArea = this.modelValue?.includes('\n')
+    if (this.modelValue) {
+      this.isTextArea = this.modelValue.toString().includes('\n')
 
-    if (this.isTextArea) {
-      this.$nextTick(() => {
-        this.resizeTextarea()
-      })
+      if (this.isTextArea) {
+        this.$nextTick(() => {
+          this.resizeTextarea()
+        })
+      }
     }
   },
   methods: {

lib/submissions/create_from_submitters.rb

@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ module Submissions
       field['description'] = attrs['description'] if attrs['description'].present?
       field['readonly'] = attrs['readonly'] if attrs.key?('readonly')
       field['required'] = attrs['required'] if attrs.key?('required')
-      field['default_value'] = attrs['default_value'] if attrs['default_value'].present? &&
-                                                         !field['type'].in?(%w[signature image initials file])
+
+      if attrs['default_value'].present? && !field['type'].in?(%w[signature image initials file])
+        field['default_value'] = Submitters::NormalizeValues.normalize_value(field, attrs['default_value'])
+      end
 
       return field if attrs['validation_pattern'].blank?
 

lib/submitters/normalize_values.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ module Submitters
 
         next if key.blank?
 
-        if fields_uuid_index[key]['type'].in?(%w[initials signature image file]) && value.present?
+        field = fields_uuid_index[key]
+
+        if field['type'].in?(%w[initials signature image file]) && value.present?
           new_value, new_attachments = normalize_attachment_value(value, template.account, for_submitter)
 
           attachments.push(*new_attachments)
@@ -36,12 +38,26 @@ module Submitters
           value = new_value
         end
 
-        [key, value]
+        [key, normalize_value(field, value)]
       end.to_h
 
       [normalized_values, attachments]
     end
 
+    def normalize_value(field, value)
+      if field['type'] == 'text' && value.present?
+        value.to_s
+      elsif field['type'] == 'date' && value.present?
+        Date.parse(value).to_s
+      else
+        value
+      end
+    rescue Date::Error => e
+      Rollbar.error(e) if defined?(Rollbar)
+
+      value
+    end
+
     def fetch_fields(template, submitter_name: nil, for_submitter: nil)
       if submitter_name
         submitter =