django custom form template checkbox question

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Django forms are really easy and nice to style especially if you like to take control of the outcome.

A question. Is there anyway you can see whether the {{ field }} type, ie checkbox, radio etc?

It seems not (at least is not something in the field or in the widget classes). Can I ask you why you need this ? — Tommaso Barbugli
– Tommaso Barbugli, Commented Feb 3, 2011 at 13:59
@Tommaso, I just want to take style the way the the checkboxes look ie put them into columns etc, although there aren't that many, so I might just exclude it, from the {% for %} and hardcode them. — ApPeL
– ApPeL, Commented Feb 3, 2011 at 14:23

jujule · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 17:19:11Z

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you could create a field_type template filter

{{ field|field_type }} = CharField 
{{ field|widget_type }} = TextInput

heres a great example :

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 17:19

jujule

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