Am trying to display a pre-selected checkbox in Django :
option = forms.BooleanField(required=False, initial=True)
but the checkbox shows up un-checked. Am using django 1.3 beta. Am I missing something here ?
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I'm having the same problem, only I'm building a dynamic form, adding fields inside my forms init.saturdayplace– saturdayplace2011-11-03 20:06:56 +00:00Commented Nov 3, 2011 at 20:06
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Is this a ModelForm? If you are passing in an instance, the instance may be overriding the value for option.Jordan Reiter– Jordan Reiter2013-11-12 21:09:28 +00:00Commented Nov 12, 2013 at 21:09
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import django
from django import forms
class MyForm(forms.Form):
option = forms.BooleanField(required=False, initial=True)
>>>print MyForm()
<tr><th><label for="id_option">Option:</label></th><td><input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="option" id="id_option" /></td></tr>
>>> django.VERSION
(1, 3, 0, 'beta', 1)
>>>
As you can see the checked="checked" is properly set.
Are you sure you are not modifying something with onload javascript ?
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ndungi.kyalo
No am not modifying anything with javascript. And no option = forms.BooleanField(required=False, initial=True) , doesn't work.
Set the attributes field:
options = forms.MultipleChoiceField(label='some label', choices=(('happy','Happy'),('sad','Sad')),
widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple(attrs={'checked' : 'checked'}))
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Try:
option = forms.BooleanField(
widget=forms.CheckboxInput(attrs={'checked': True})
)
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Devang Padhiyar
Hello and welcome to stackoverflow! Add some more details to your answer other than code. That would help others better to understand.