Question

I have a Django formset with a set of initial data which loads a foreignkey relation object into the initial form:

{{ cellcountformset.management_form }}
{% for form in cellcountformset %}
<div id="">
    {{ form.errors }}
    {{ form.as_p }}
</div>
{% endfor %}

The relevant models look like this:

class CellType(models.Model):
    readable_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    machine_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    comment = models.TextField(blank=True)

class CellCount(models.Model):
    cell_count_instance = models.ForeignKey(CellCountInstance)
    cell = models.ForeignKey(CellType)
    normal_count = models.IntegerField()
    abnormal_count = models.IntegerField()
    comment = models.TextField(blank=True)

I want to be able to display the machine_name of the cell referred to by the cell attribute of the CellCount model as the #id of the div. I use a ModelFormSet for the CellCount, which is passed a list of CellType objects as its initial data.

Answer 1

The form’s initial data is stored in form.initial, so try:

{{ form.initial.cell.machine_name }}