On Jan 1, 7:00 am, Steven Arnold <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, my problem is that the "initial" parameter in forms.Form seems to
> have no effect. I set the "subject" value in this code:
>
> form = ContactForm(
> initial={'subject': 'I love your site!'}
> )
>
> ...yet this initialization string never makes it to the HTML as the
> default value for the "subject" input field. My question is, why
> not? What am I doing wrong?
>
<snip>
>
> <form action="/contact/" method="post">
> <p>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject"></p>
> <p>Your email (optional): <input type="text" name="e-mail""></
> p>
> <p>Message: <textarea name="message" rows="10" cols="50"></
> textarea></p>
> <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> </form>
.... er, you're not using Django to create the form HTML here. How are
you expecting the values to be inserted?
You need to use the template variables:
<p>Subject: {{ form.subject }}</p>
etc.
BTW it's good practice to use HTML label tags too: <label
for="id_subject">Subject</label> - these help with accessibility and
styling.
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