4 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/settings/properties.js b/src/shared/settings/properties.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff8039b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/settings/properties.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const types = {
+  // TODO describe property types here
+  // mystr: 'string',
+  // mynum: 'number',
+  // mybool: 'boolean',
+};
+
+const defaults = {
+  // TODO describe property defaults values
+  // mystr: 'hello',
+  // mynum: 123,
+  // mybool: true,
+};
+
+export { types, defaults };
diff --git a/src/shared/settings/property-types.js b/src/shared/settings/property-types.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bcfa809..0000000
--- a/src/shared/settings/property-types.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-  // TODO describe property types here
-  // mystr: 'string',
-  // mynum: 'number',
-  // mybool: 'boolean',
-};
diff --git a/src/shared/settings/validator.js b/src/shared/settings/validator.js
index 6fadac7..744f63d 100644
--- a/src/shared/settings/validator.js
+++ b/src/shared/settings/validator.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import operations from 'shared/operations';
-import propertyTypes from './property-types';
 
 const VALID_TOP_KEYS = ['keymaps', 'search', 'blacklist', 'properties'];
 const VALID_OPERATION_VALUES = Object.keys(operations).map((key) => {
@@ -51,10 +50,10 @@ const validateSearch = (search) => {
 
 const validateProperties = (properties) => {
   for (let name of Object.keys(properties)) {
-    if (!propertyTypes[name]) {
+    if (!properties.types[name]) {
       throw new Error(`Unknown property name: "${name}"`);
     }
-    if (typeof properties[name] !== propertyTypes[name]) {
+    if (typeof properties[name] !== properties.types[name]) {
       throw new Error(`Invalid type for property: "${name}"`);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/settings/values.js b/src/shared/settings/values.js
index 5027ba5..bd03be2 100644
--- a/src/shared/settings/values.js
+++ b/src/shared/settings/values.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as properties from './properties';
+
 const operationFromFormName = (name) => {
   let [type, argStr] = name.split('?');
   let args = {};
@@ -81,11 +83,13 @@ const formFromValue = (value, allowedOps) => {
     }
   }
 
+  let formProperties = Object.assign({}, properties.defaults, value.properties);
+
   return {
     keymaps,
     search,
     blacklist: value.blacklist,
-    properties: value.properties,
+    properties: formProperties,
   };
 };