#30014: Initialising disabled ModelChoiceField yields 'Select a valid
choice'-error
despite initialised option being valid
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Reporter: thoha | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Forms | Version: 1.11
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: forms, disabled | Triage Stage:
field, error, to_field_name | Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by thoha):
* keywords: forms, disabled field, error => forms, disabled field, error,
to_field_name
Old description:
> I have a form with a ModelChoiceField that gets initialised to a specific
> value using get_initial in that form's View. This value is a valid choice
> for that Model. I don't want the user to be able to change the option on
> the form, but it needs to be displayed nonetheless.
>
> When I set disabled=True on that field in forms.py, submitting the form
> yields the following error:
>
> <ul class="errorlist"><li>fieldname<ul class="errorlist"><li>Select a
> valid choice. That choice is not one of the available
> choices.</li></ul></li></ul>.
>
> Firstly, I would like to comment on the general quality of the error
> message, as it is not very useful: It does not return ''which'' choice it
> considers invalid. Including this information would make the message much
> more informative, and would avoid sending people on a wild goose chase to
> discover what the message could possibly mean.
>
> Secondly, if a field is disabled but does contain a valid choice,
> validating the form should work and not trigger an error.
>
> This is probably related to the bugfix for this bug:
> https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/28387
New description:
I have a form with a ModelChoiceField that gets initialised to a specific
value using get_initial in that form's View. This value is a valid choice
for that Model. I don't want the user to be able to change the option on
the form, but it needs to be displayed nonetheless.
When I set disabled=True on that field in forms.py, submitting the form
yields the following error:
<ul class="errorlist"><li>fieldname<ul class="errorlist"><li>Select a
valid choice. That choice is not one of the available
choices.</li></ul></li></ul>.
Firstly, I would like to comment on the general quality of the error
message, as it is not very useful: It does not return ''which'' choice it
considers invalid. Including this information would make the message much
more informative, and would avoid sending people on a wild goose chase to
discover what the message could possibly mean.
Secondly, if a field is disabled but does contain a valid choice,
validating the form should work and not trigger an error.
Edit: Adding the **to_field_name** option to the form field fixes the
problem. However, when disabled=True is not present, this is not required.
This is probably related to the bugfix for this bug:
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/28387
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