Using checkbox to input text

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I am using Django 1.9 to work my project. I have to use checkbox to enter text. When I use text area to type in it doesn't work, but I do not know how to change it to checkbox.

textareaform.html

<div class="form-group col-md-3">
                        <label for="{{ form.menwomenkids.id_for_label }}">please write "men","women" or "kids"</label>
                        {{ form.menwomenkids|add_class:"form-control" }}
                    </div>

It will show the form and it can work.

However, after I changed to checkbox, I do not how to do it?

checkboxform.html

<div class="form-group col-md-3">
                        <label for="{{ form.menwomenkids.id_for_label }}"></label>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="men" value="Men"> men<br>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="women" value="Women"> women<br>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="kids" value="Kids"> kids<br>
                    </div>

It will shows the checkbox form, but checked it did not enter text.

Bashkim Meka · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-26 09:41:32Z

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Try using the same name attribute.

answered Sep 26, 2016 at 9:41

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Joe Lin Over a year ago

thanks , after I changed <input type="checkbox" name="men" value="Men"> men<br> ===> <input type="checkbox" name="menwomenkids" value="Men"> men<br> it can work

Joe Lin Over a year ago

and how can I make it only can check one box ?

Bashkim Meka Over a year ago

By adding the same name to all choises ex. name="gender"

Joe Lin Over a year ago

thank you,I change to type="radio" ,and it only allow one select

sebb · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-26 09:46:45Z

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Do it with django forms, add a field forms.MultipleChoiceField.

In choices pass your choices as a tuple eg:

choices = [
    ('men', 'men'),
    ('women', 'women'),
    ('kids', 'kids'),
]

Then just render your form in your template with

{{ your_form.as_p }}

check your structure.

or set name="person_type" for each input, and access it in your view with

selected_items = request.GET.getlist("person_type")

answered Sep 26, 2016 at 9:46

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