Expresso Store - remember form fields if inline error

Question

I wish to pre-populate my billing and shipping details for logged in members

VALUE="{exp:member:custom_profile_data}{firstName}{/exp:member:custom_profile_data}"

This correctly populates the form fields however when I submit the form when there is an error on the form such as a required field not being complete all the form fields are reset to blank.

So I basically need something along the lines of the following:

if inline error then use

VALUE="{firstName}"

otherwise use the following:

VALUE="{exp:member:custom_profile_data}{firstName}{/exp:member:custom_profile_data}"

Is this possible? If so anyone care to share the syntax?

Thanks

Answer 1

If you map the form fields by going to Store > Settings > Order Fields and map each of the order fields to your respected member profile fields as seen in the screenshot:

You can then use:

{field:first_name}

or

{field:billing_state}

to have the value populated automatically on return visits for that member but also will persist through page loads.

EDIT:

As Adrian mention in the comments you need to empty your cart anytime you make changes to your member data as it is only loaded once.