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Dynamically add css-classes to formfields

Author:
Lacour
Posted:
July 13, 2011
Language:
Python
Version:
1.3
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This example assumes you have a form and want to highlight one of two fields by setting <class="highlight"> in the html dynamically. This is an alternative to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/forms/widgets/#customizing-widget-instances, but now you're not limited to assigning the class to the fields html-output, instead you can also assign it to a div around the field like done here.

After assigning a css-attribute to a field, we access the css via a templatefilter {{ field|css }} that looks up field.form.fields[field.name].css and not simply field.css, since the latter would try to access a non-existing css-attribute on a BoundField-instance

EDIT: The templatefilter is unnecessary. There is a much easier way, since the original field itself is an attribute of the BoundField named 'field'. So in the template, we can access the css via {{ field.field.css }}. Thanks to Tom Evans for pointing me at this.

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# Forms.py:

from django import forms
class MyForm(forms.Form):
    field1 = forms.IntegerField()
    field2 = forms.IntegerField()
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        highlight_field = kwargs.pop('highlight')    #pass the fieldname-to-highlight as kwarg
        super(MyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields[highlight_field].css = "highlight"

    # first part done. Now you have the css-attribute attached to your field.


# templatetags\form_manipulation_filters.py:
"""
We need an own template-filter to access the css-attribute. We can't just use
   {{ field.css }} in the template, since {{ field
"""
from django.conf import settings
from django import template

register = template.Library()

@register.filter(name='css')
def css(field):
    try:
        css = field.form.fields[field.name].css
        return css
    except AttributeError:
        return settings.TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID
css.is_safe = True

# form_snippet.html:
"""
This snippet can be included inside a <form> like:
    <form method="POST" action="">
	{% with form=myform %}
	{% include "form_snippet.html" %}
	{% endwith %}
	<input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
    </form>
"""
{% load form_manipulation_filters %}
{% csrf_token %}

{{ form.non_field_errors }}

{% for field in form.hidden_fields %}
    <div class="formfield">
        {{ field }}
    </div>
{% endfor %}

{% for field in form.visible_fields %}
    <div class="formfield {{ field|css }}">
        {{ field }}
        {{ field.help_text }}
	{{ field.errors }}   {# errors are after the field #}
    </div>
{% endfor %}

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