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Easy Django ModelForm widget placeholder
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# This code inserts the placeholder attribute, using the field's label, | |
# for all TextInput, Textarea, DateInput, DateTimeInput, TimeInput widgets | |
# of your ModelForm | |
# | |
class MyForm(forms.ModelForm): | |
class Meta: | |
model = MyModel | |
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): | |
super(MyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) | |
for key, field in self.fields.items(): | |
if isinstance(field.widget, forms.TextInput) or \ | |
isinstance(field.widget, forms.Textarea) or \ | |
isinstance(field.widget, forms.DateInput) or \ | |
isinstance(field.widget, forms.DateTimeInput) or \ | |
isinstance(field.widget, forms.TimeInput): | |
field.widget.attrs.update({'placeholder': field.label}) |
Many thanks, you saved a bunch of my hair.
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