Form field value in django template

Question

Quick question,

I am able to output the value of a form field using

{{ form.field.value }}

But I cannot seem to check that value in an if statement.

{% if form.field.value == 'whatever' %}

Always fails.. any ideas?

The field is a boolean type field.

EDIT - the answer given below works for some fields.. Here is what i'm trying to do;

Form field is a boolen field in a model, using this code in the form;

self.fields['information_request'] = forms.TypedChoiceField(choices=((True, 'Yes'), (False, 'No')), widget=forms.RadioSelect, coerce=lambda x: x and (x.lower() != 'false'))

The output is correct (eg. True or False) when using {{form.information_request.value}} - but when I use it in an IF statement in the template - it never works..

mechanical_meat · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-16 03:23:14Z

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https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/templates/builtins/#if

The {% if %} tag evaluates a variable, and if that variable is "true" (i.e. exists, is not empty, and is not a false boolean value) the contents of the block are output:

E.g.:

{% if form.field.value %}
    ...
{% endif %}

To test for falsiness:

{% if not form.field.value %}
    ...
{% endif %}

edited Feb 16, 2012 at 3:23

answered Feb 16, 2012 at 3:16

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2 Comments

Ben Kilah Over a year ago

that seems to work for fields that aren't being altered in anyway in the form...so that answer is kinda correct, please see my edit.

MZA Over a year ago

Please note that this is an old answer. Nowadays you can do: {% if form.field.value == 'whatever' %}

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