Index: trunk/core/kernel/utility/formatters/serialized_formatter.php
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diff -u -N -r4758 -r8402
--- trunk/core/kernel/utility/formatters/serialized_formatter.php	(.../serialized_formatter.php)	(revision 4758)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/utility/formatters/serialized_formatter.php	(.../serialized_formatter.php)	(revision 8402)
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@
 
 class kSerializedFormatter extends kFormatter {
 
+	function Parse($value, $field_name, &$object)
+	{
+		$options = $object->GetFieldOptions($field_name);
+		$value = array_merge_recursive2(unserialize($options['default']), $value);
+		return serialize($value);
+	}
+
 	function Format($value, $field_name, $object, $format=null)
 	{
 		$data = unserialize($value);
-		return $data[$format];
+		$format = explode('.', $format);
+		$format = '\''.implode('\', \'', $format).'\'';
+		return eval('return getArrayValue($data, '.$format.');');
 	}
 
 }