diff --git a/fields/__init__.py b/fields/__init__.py
index 9beccbb..0d7b27d 100644
--- a/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/fields/__init__.py
@@ -570,7 +570,14 @@ class Field:
             # self.default, of self.default() if it is a method.
             if callable(self.default):
                 try:
-                    return self.callMethod(obj, self.default)
+                    # Caching a default value can lead to problems. For example,
+                    # the process of creating an object from another one, or
+                    # from some data, sometimes consists in (a) creating an
+                    # "empty" object, (b) initializing its values and
+                    # (c) reindexing it. Default values are computed in (a),
+                    # but it they depend on values set at (b), and are cached
+                    # and indexed, (c) will get the wrong, cached value.
+                    return self.callMethod(obj, self.default, cache=False)
                 except Exception, e:
                     # Already logged. Here I do not raise the exception,
                     # because it can be raised as the result of reindexing
diff --git a/gen/ui/appy.css b/gen/ui/appy.css
index f0d8bf0..eabb34d 100644
--- a/gen/ui/appy.css
+++ b/gen/ui/appy.css
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ input.buttonFixed { width:110px; padding: 0 0 0 10px }
 .portletGroup { font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold; font-size: 110%;
                 margin: 0.1em 0 0.3em ; border-bottom: 1px dashed #c0c0c0 }
 .portletSearch { font-size: 90%; font-style: italic }
+.portletCurrent { font-weight: bold }
 .inputSearch { height: 15px; width: 132px; margin: 3px 3px 2px 3px !important }
 td.search { padding-top: 8px }
 .content { padding: 9px; background-color: #fbfbfb }