On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 10:49 +1000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 08:47 +0200, Mario Graziosi wrote:
> > I have a form with several checkboxes created dynamically, where each
> > field has a name similar to "mycheck_xxx". From within the template I
> > don't know how many checks the form holds, since these are built
> > dynamically. How can I render them using the Django template system?
> >
> > For example, this is my Form (using newforms):
> >
> > class FormList(forms.Form):
> > def __init__(self, queues, *args, **kwargs):
> > super(FormList, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
> > # Create several check boxes
> > for n in range(5):
> > fieldname = 'mycheck_%d' % n
> > self.fields[fieldname] = forms.BooleanField(required=False)
> >
> > This is the template (one of several tries). Obviously, it doesn't work,
> > but it reflects what I'd like to get on my form:
> >
> > {% for fieldname in form.fields.keys %}
> > <p>{{ form.fieldname }}</p>
> > {% endfor %}
>
> Normally, once you've constructed a form class, you render it into your
> template using {{ form.as_p }} or a related method. Since you've put
> your extra fields into the normal self.fields attribute, the rendering
> method will render those fields automatically.
>
> If you want the presentation to change somehow, you write your own
> presentation method that you call.
>
> Alternatively, if you knew the name of the widgets, you could use
> {{ form.mycheck_1 }} to do really fine-grained rendering and placement,
> but if you want to loop through the list of these widgets, you will need
> to have a method on your FormList class that takes a parameter and
> returns the equivalent of my_form["mycheck_1"] (changing the string
> based on the parameter).
Sorry, this is all a complete repeat of what JeffH wrote elsewhere in
the thread. Somehow I didn't realise I wasn't at the end of the thread
yet. :-(
My apologies for the duplicate information. Read what JeffH wrote. He's
wise and all-knowing.
Malcolm
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