From b53e9d7a8cef353cee4470bd8eef1f01ce85881d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:03:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 6dec70bc54ba34c7eb018880db7c366da5e633ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:12:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(create-group): set default price range to cheapest
 option

- Changed default budget value from empty string to priceRanges[0].value
- Added test to verify the cheapest price range ($10 - $20) is selected by default

Closes #574

Co-authored-by: alexappleget <137813659+alexappleget@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 app/create-group-page/page.test.tsx | 7 +++++++
 app/create-group-page/page.tsx      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/create-group-page/page.test.tsx b/app/create-group-page/page.test.tsx
index 83cba9e2..cd21baee 100644
--- a/app/create-group-page/page.test.tsx
+++ b/app/create-group-page/page.test.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ describe('Create Group Page', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('has the cheapest price range selected by default', () => {
+    render(<CreateGroupPage />);
+
+    const priceRangeButton = screen.getByRole('combobox');
+    expect(priceRangeButton).toHaveTextContent('$10 - $20');
+  });
+
   describe('Close (X) button', () => {
     it('renders the X button with the correct href', () => {
       render(<CreateGroupPage />);
diff --git a/app/create-group-page/page.tsx b/app/create-group-page/page.tsx
index 5760fbc1..8fc1a046 100644
--- a/app/create-group-page/page.tsx
+++ b/app/create-group-page/page.tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export default function CreateGroupPage() {
       description: '',
       drawing_date: undefined,
       exchange_date: undefined,
-      budget: '',
+      budget: priceRanges[0].value,
       group_image: GROUP_IMAGES[0].src,
     },
   });