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dk1990
dk1990

Reputation: 309

setting initial values for more then one form

I have looked at some examples but none of them have worked for me.

What i have is List of Locations and the user has the choice to add them to a group. First step is he gives the group a name. And then he can choose from the locations which are already in the database, to add them to the group name.

To put it simple i want to loop 3 form elements for each location, and attach initial values for each location, so it can be stored inside a group.

This is what i want to see:

<form> 

<input type="text" label="group_name">

First Location
<input type="hidden" value="street_name">
<input type="hidden" value="location_name">
<input type="checkbutton"> 

Second location
<input type="hidden" value="street_name2">
<input type="hidden" value="location_name2">
<input type="checkbutton"> 


and so on

<input type="submit" value="Create this Group">

</form>

I have tried it like this:

Froms.py is currently missing the check input for True and False. FORMS.py:

class GroupAddForm(forms.ModelForm):
    groupname = forms.CharField(label='',widget=forms.HiddenInput(attrs={'rows': '4', 'class': 'form-control'}))
    page_name = forms.CharField(label='' ,widget=forms.HiddenInput(attrs={'rows': '4', 'class': 'form-control'}))
    page_street =  forms.CharField(label='' ,widget=forms.HiddenInput(attrs={'rows': '4', 'class': 'form-control'}))

    class Meta: 
        model = GroupManagement
        fields = ['groupname', 'page_name', 'page_street']

VIEW:

def page_groups(request):
email =request.user.email
locationdata = LocationData.objects.filter(email=email).values_list(
    'id',
    'name',
    'street',
    'postal_code',
    'tel',  
    'website',
    'description',
    'fb_page_id'
    )

form = []

for items in locationdata:

    name = items[1]
    form = GroupAddForm(request.POST or None, initial={"page_name": name})

print(form)

context = {
'locationdata': locationdata,
'form': form,
}

return render(request, 'page_groups.html', context)

OR in the Template: 

 <form method="POST" action=""> {% csrf_token %}
                                    {% for items in locationdata %}
                                        {{items.1}}
                                        {{form.fields.page_name.value|default:items.1}}
                                        {{form}}
                                    {% endfor %}
                                    </form>

Inside the View only the last element is attached to the form. The initial Value inside the Template doesn't work at all.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 57

Answers (1)

dk1990
dk1990

Reputation: 309

Fixed it myself.

for items in locationdata:

    name = items[1]
    form = GroupAddForm(request.POST or None, initial={"page_name": name})
    forms.append(form)


    <form method="POST" action=""> {% csrf_token %}
     {% for items in forms %}
       {{items}}

     {% endfor %}
     </form>

Upvotes: 1

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