Re: Is the initial value of a form field available in the template?

2008-12-01 Thread ChrisK
On Dec 1, 5:44 pm, ChrisK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I often have this need so I created a custom widget where I just set > > the readonly attribute on a TextInput widget: > > > class LabelWidget(forms.TextInput): > > Thanks but ... it seems that

Re: Is the initial value of a form field available in the template?

2008-12-01 Thread ChrisK
> I often have this need so I created a custom widget where I just set > the readonly attribute on a TextInput widget: > > class LabelWidget(forms.TextInput): Thanks but ... it seems that form.as_p doesn't understand how to display this! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Is the initial value of a form field available in the template?

2008-12-01 Thread ChrisK
> I think you really need to explain what the real problem is that you're > trying to solve, because you're asking a question that is too specific. Fair enough. It's been several days, so I had to dredge a bit to remember :-) I think the basic issue is that there are some fields in the object

Re: Is the initial value of a form field available in the template?

2008-11-26 Thread ChrisK
Sorry, I cut down my example poorly. template has {{form.teaser.field.initial}} {{form.auth_id}} {{form.fence_id}} Reminder String: invocation looks like print m.teaser form = editFenceForm(initial={ 'auth_id' : auth_id, 'fence_id': fence_id,

Is the initial value of a form field available in the template?

2008-11-26 Thread ChrisK
I'm doing a custom template (probably stupid), and using initial values. Here's a precis: template has {{form.url.field.initial}} {{form.auth_id}} {{form.media_id}} {{form.fence_id}} Reminder String: form type looks like class editFenceForm(forms.Form): teaser =

Re: hidden fields in forms

2008-11-26 Thread ChrisK
> form = newFenceForm(initial={'auth_id' : auth_id}) Awesome. That was exactly what I needed - thanks very much. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group,

Re: hidden fields in forms

2008-11-25 Thread ChrisK
OK, thanks for your suggestions (and yes, I meant "POST"). The problem now appears to be how I initialize the form's value of auth_id! If I use just {{form.as_p}} in my template, I get the following html: (Hidden field auth_id) This field is required. This field is required. Teaser: This

Re: hidden fields in forms

2008-11-25 Thread ChrisK
> Well..you aren't passing auth_id to the template, you are passing > form. auth_id is a field inside your template. Can you post your > template? Oh, sorry - my oversight. Template is Reminder String: URL of document: Address of interest: Range (in meters): I guess I'm

hidden fields in forms

2008-11-25 Thread ChrisK
I'm just not getting this. I've looked at many examples and can't seem to pass a hidden value into a form. The problem is that I initially get to the form with GET, and then instantiate the form with PUT. The key that I need is part of the original URL, and I'm trying to push it down into the

Re: Help with GeoDjango and Google Maps, please...

2008-11-21 Thread ChrisK
Well, this is interesting. The problem seems to be that GPolygon calls self.latlng_from_coords(poly.shell.coords) to unpack the coordinates. I handed in 2D points for the shell coordinates, but somewhere along the line, a third coordinate of "almost zero" in floating point was added to every

Help with GeoDjango and Google Maps, please...

2008-11-20 Thread ChrisK
I'm struggling to get django.contrib.gis.maps.google.gmap to do something interesting. I have looked at the embedded examples, and as far as they go, they're great. I would really like to display a polygon using GPolygon, and for the life of me can't figure out the right syntax to get the first

Re: ManyToMany Question

2006-05-28 Thread chrisk
{{ post.assoc_cats.all|join:", " }} does the right thing. Thank you. BTW: The RemovingTheMagic Document says change __repr__ to __str__ so i've done it. IMO it's a bit confusing. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

ManyToMany Question

2006-05-27 Thread chrisk
Hi * I'm on trunk and using 'CookBookCategoryDataModelPostMagic'. In my models file i have this: class Post(models.Model): ... assoc_cats = models.ManyToManyField(Category) ... In my template {% for post in latest %}... works fine, but if i try to use the Many-to-many related lookup {{