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 Package: datamods
 Title: Modules to Import and Manipulate Data in 'Shiny'
-Version: 1.4.3
+Version: 1.4.4
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Victor",
              family = "Perrier",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ URL: https://github.com/dreamRs/datamods
 BugReports: https://github.com/dreamRs/datamods/issues
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
 Imports: 
     data.table,
     htmltools,
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+# datamods 1.4.4
+
+* `edit_data_server()` : added argument `add_default_values = list(...)` to specify default value for input widget when adding a new entry in the table.
+
+
 # datamods 1.4.3
 
 * `edit_data_server()` : added the ability to specify callbacks functions to be executed before performing an action on the table (add, update or delete).
 * `edit_data_server()` : pass reactable option + selection to the table [#82](https://github.com/dreamRs/datamods/pull/82)
-* `edit-data` module : use factor levels and sort theme in edit input forma for factors (sorting also applies for characters), thanks to [@Felixmil](https://github.com/Felixmil).
+* `edit-data` module : use factor levels and sort theme in edit input form for factors (sorting also applies for characters), thanks to [@Felixmil](https://github.com/Felixmil).
 * `import-file` module : allow to specify string used to identify `NA`, thanks to [@DrFabach](https://github.com/DrFabach).
 * `filter_data_server()` : argument `drop_ids` can now be set via option `datamods.filter.drop_ids` and can be a list like `list(p = 0.9, n = 50)` to specify threshold values to remove IDs columns.
 
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 ## Test environments
-* local R installation, R 4.3.1
+* local R installation, R 4.3.2
 * ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10, macOS (on GitHub Actions), R 4.3.2
 * win-builder (devel)