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djangoformscheckboxcustomization
sumit
sumit

Reputation: 15464

Initial=True not working in django dynamic form

I want pre-checked checkbox, i passed "initial=True" but it is not working. Below is the code. 

class permForm(forms.Form):

    id = forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'id':'user_id'}),required=False)

    def __init__(self, data, **kwargs):
        super(permForm, self).__init__(data, **kwargs)
        # offset_arr=data.split('/')
        # menu_id=offset_arr[1]
        # user_id=offset_arr[2]
        # flag=   offset_arr[3]
        # if user.has_perm(permission.codename, task):
        usr  = User.objects.get(id=1)
        task = Site.objects.get_current()

        for item in list(AdminMenu.objects.filter(parent_id=0)):
            permission=Permission.objects.get(id=item.permission_id);
            if usr.has_perm(permission.codename, task):
                checked=False
            else:
                checked=True
            self.fields['menu_%d' % item.id] = forms.BooleanField(initial=True,label=item.title,required=False)
            for childitem in list(AdminMenu.objects.filter(parent_id=item.id)):
                cpermission=Permission.objects.get(id=childitem.permission_id);
                if usr.has_perm(cpermission.codename, task):
                    childchecked=True
                else:
                    childchecked=False

                self.fields['menu_%s' %childitem.id] = forms.BooleanField(initial=True,label=childitem.title+'%s'%(data),required=False)

However it is working fine for static forms . see the code below

class MyForm(forms.Form):
option = forms.BooleanField(required=False, initial=True)

Is there any trick to pass initial value for dynamically loaded form element ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 932

Answers (2)

sumit
sumit

Reputation: 15464

I tried below and it worked:

self.fields['menu_%d' % item.id] = forms.BooleanField(label=item.title, required=False)
self.fields['menu_%d' % item.id].widget.attrs['checked'] = 'checked'

Upvotes: 0

rantanplan
rantanplan

Reputation: 7450

Try this:

Instead of 

self.fields['menu_%d' % item.id] = forms.BooleanField(initial=True,label=item.title,required=False)

Remove the initial=True parameter when constructing the field and populate its initial value in the next step like:

self.fields['menu_%d' % item.id] = forms.BooleanField(label=item.title,required=False)
self.fields['menu_%d' % item.id].initial = True

Upvotes: 2

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