How Do I Make A Django Modelform Menu Item Selected By Default?
I am working on a Django app. One of my models, 'User', includes a 'gender' field, as defined below: GENDER_CHOICES = ( ('M', 'Male'), ('F', 'Female'), ) gender
Solution 1:
If you need a blank form with a default value selected, then pass an 'initial' dictionary to the constructor of your model form using the name of your field as the key:
form = MyModelForm (initial={'gender':'M'})
-OR-
You can override certain attributes of a ModelForm using the declarative nature of the Forms API. However, this is probably a little cumbersome for this use case and I mention it only to show you that you can do it. You may find other uses for this in the future.
classMyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
gender = forms.ChoiceField (choices=..., initial='M', ...)
classMeta:
model=MyModel
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If you want a ModelForm that is bound to a particular instance of your model, you can pass an 'instance' of your model which causes Django to pull the selected value from that model.
form = MyModelForm (instance=someinst)
Solution 2:
Surely default
will do the trick?
e.g.
gender = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=GENDER_CHOICES, default='M', null=True)
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