diff --git a/js/id/ui/preset.js b/js/id/ui/preset.js
index 5419028cc..a1553a38c 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/preset.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/preset.js
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@ iD.ui.preset = function() {
 
     // generate form fields for a given field.
     function input(d) {
-        var i, wrap,
-            default_ = d['default'] && d['default'][type];
+        var i, wrap;
         switch (d.type) {
             case 'text':
                 i = this.append('input')
                     .attr('type', 'text')
-                    .attr('id', 'input-' + d.key)
-                    .attr('placeholder', default_ || '');
+                    .attr('id', 'input-' + d.key);
                 break;
             case 'tel':
                 i = this.append('input')
@@ -71,12 +69,7 @@ iD.ui.preset = function() {
             case 'check':
                 i = this.append('input')
                     .attr('type', 'checkbox')
-                    .attr('id', 'input-' + d.key)
-                    .each(function() {
-                        if (default_) {
-                            this.attr('checked', 'checked');
-                        }
-                    });
+                    .attr('id', 'input-' + d.key);
                 break;
             case 'select':
                 wrap = this.append('span').attr('class', 'input-wrap-position'),
@@ -87,7 +80,6 @@ iD.ui.preset = function() {
                         value: d
                     };
                 })));
-                if (default_) i.property('value', default_);
                 break;
             case 'combo':
                 var combobox = d3.combobox();
@@ -102,7 +94,6 @@ iD.ui.preset = function() {
                         return d;
                     }));
                 });
-                if (default_) i.property('value', default_);
                 break;
         }
         if (i) {
diff --git a/js/id/ui/tageditor.js b/js/id/ui/tageditor.js
index c24c06ac3..3b5dba71c 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/tageditor.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/tageditor.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ iD.ui.TagEditor = function() {
         entity = selection.datum();
         var type = entity.type === 'node' ? entity.type : entity.geometry();
 
+        // preset was explicitly chosen
         if (preset) {
             if (presetMatch) {
                 // Strip preset's match tags
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@ iD.ui.TagEditor = function() {
             for (var k in preset.match.tags) {
                 if (preset.match.tags[k] !== '*') tags[k] = preset.match.tags[k];
             }
+
+            // Add new preset's defaults
+            for (var f in preset.form) {
+                f = preset.form[f];
+                if (f.key && !tags[f.key] && f['default'] && f['default'][type]) {
+                    tags[f.key] = f['default'][type];
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         presetMatch = preset || presetMatch || presetData.matchTags(entity);