On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:31 PM, sephii <sylvainterside...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to output a simple form but the label_tag() method tries to
> escape the field label twice. Here's what I have:
>
> # models.py
> # _ is ugettext_lazy, if it matters
> class MyModel(models.Model):
> name = models.CharField(_('My label'))
>
> # forms.py
> class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model = MyModel
>
> # views.py
> def my_view(request):
> myform = MyForm()
> assert False, myform['name'].label_tag()
>
> Now let's say "My label" is translated as "My 'label'" (with single quotes
> around it), here's what I get:
> <label>My &#39;label&#39;</label>
>
> As you can see the single quotes are escaped twice. I tried to mark_safe()
> the label in my model but then the string is not i18n'ed anymore. Also I
> found a bugreport in a Django-based project that seems related but I don't
> really understand the fix: https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/pull/682.
> I tried using ugettext instead of ugettext_lazy in my model but then the
> labels are not i18n'ed anymore. The only solution that seems to work is to
> redefine the field in MyForm and set its label using ugettext instead of
> ugettext_lazy, but that seems really complicated given the simple task I'm
> trying to achieve (also I don't know in advance which fields could have
> "special" entities like quotes).
>
> If I output the form just using {{ form }}, the label is displayed
> correctly. Also {{ form.name.label }} is displayed correctly. {{
> form.name.label_tag }} is the only method causing the problem. So what am I
> doing wrong? I'm using Django 1.5.
>
> Thanks,
> Sylvain
I guess the label_tag() method returns a string that is not marked
safe. If you have to do {{ form.name.label_tag }}, you can always do
{{ form.name.label_tag|safe }}. label_tag() is new in 1.5, this may be
a bug.
Cheers
Tom
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