From cde9c931c8491588c548ba55a855f374335a774d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Pietsch <pmariojo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:58:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Select widget handle default parameter refresh (#9617)

* select widget handle default parameter refresh

* Add change note
---
 core/modules/widgets/select.js                     | 14 +++++++-------
 .../#9617 - select-widget-refresh-default.tid      | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#9617 - select-widget-refresh-default.tid

diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/select.js b/core/modules/widgets/select.js
index eea56cae7..b05af5dbb 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/select.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/select.js
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ SelectWidget.prototype.handleChangeEvent = function(event) {
 	if(this.selectMultiple == false) {
 		var value = this.getSelectDomNode().value;
 	} else {
-		var value = this.getSelectValues()
-				value = $tw.utils.stringifyList(value);
+		var value = this.getSelectValues();
+		value = $tw.utils.stringifyList(value);
 	}
 	this.wiki.setText(this.selectTitle,this.selectField,this.selectIndex,value);
 	// Trigger actions
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ SelectWidget.prototype.setSelectValue = function() {
 		}
 	}
 	// Assign it to the select element if it's different than the current value
-	if (this.selectMultiple) {
+	if(this.selectMultiple) {
 		value = value === undefined ? "" : value;
 		var select = this.getSelectDomNode();
 		var child,
@@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ SelectWidget.prototype.getSelectValues = function() {
 	select = this.getSelectDomNode();
 	result = [];
 	options = select && select.options;
-	for (var i=0; i<options.length; i++) {
+	for(var i=0; i<options.length; i++) {
 		opt = options[i];
-		if (opt.selected) {
+		if(opt.selected) {
 			result.push(opt.value || opt.text);
 		}
 	}
 	return result;
-}
+};
 
 /*
 Compute the internal state of the widget
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of
 SelectWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
 	// If we're using a different tiddler/field/index then completely refresh ourselves
-	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes.tooltip || changedAttributes.tabindex || changedAttributes.disabled) {
+	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes.tooltip || changedAttributes.default || changedAttributes.tabindex || changedAttributes.disabled) {
 		this.refreshSelf();
 		return true;
 	} else {
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#9617 - select-widget-refresh-default.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#9617 - select-widget-refresh-default.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6ec269ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#9617 - select-widget-refresh-default.tid	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+change-category: usability
+change-type: bugfix
+created: 20260125195754439
+description: Refresh widget if "default" parameter input value is changed
+github-contributors: pmario
+github-links: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5/pull/9217
+modified: 20260125195754439
+release: 5.4.0
+tags: $:/tags/ChangeNote
+title: $:/changenotes/5.4.0/#9217
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+