Django Inline Formsets using custom form

Question

I am using inline formsets.

My model:

class Author(models.Model):
    description = models.CharField(max_length=100)

class Book(models.Model):
    author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
    details = models.CharField(max_length=100)

class AuthorForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        widgets = {
            'description': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 40, 'rows': 4}),
        }

In my views.py I made the form from the AuthorForm like so

form = AuthorForm(request.POST)

But I also made a formset for the Books

InlineFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Books)

I cannot pass in a BooksForm with widgets, so how do I add a textarea widget to the book details.

Is it even possible? Am I missing something obvious?

Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-13 02:09:00Z

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Try:

class BookForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Book
        widgets = {
            'details': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 40, 'rows': 4}),
        }


InlineFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book, form=BookForm)

Update by Wtower

This is great. Specifically for widgets, as of Django 1.6 there is a widgets parameter for inlineformset_factory

Sounds like you can now call

inlineformset_factory(Author, Book, widgets={'details': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 40}))

edited May 13, 2015 at 2:09

answered Feb 24, 2011 at 15:07

Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita

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Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita Over a year ago

Glad it actually worked! I couldn't easily find any docs either, I just looked at the source.

Wtower Over a year ago

This is great. Specifically for widgets, as of Django 1.6 there is a widgets parameter for inlineformset_factory: stackoverflow.com/a/30192034/940098

Stefan Manastirliu · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-24 15:09:17Z

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I dont know if i have understand your question: do you want Book.details rendered as a textarea?

If so, just use a TextField instead a CharField.

class Author(models.Model):
   description = models.TextField()

answered Feb 24, 2011 at 15:09

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Mark Over a year ago

this is correct for a textfield, but im looking for somkething that also does radio buttons, checkboxes etc. Was trying to keep my example simple. Thanks

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