Question

I have a strong background in PHP / ZEND and I’m now using learning Python / Django. In Zend you can take a form element object and edit it pretty much at any time. This is great because you can take a form object and make small alterations to it on demand without created a completely new form object. I am trying to do this is in Django.

I have a form. Lets call it vote. This form may need a different widget applied in a different view method. I don’t want to recreate the entire form with such a small change…

ie

form = VoteForm(initial={})
## then something like
form.field.widget = newWidget

Basically,
I want to modify a model form element after the object has been created inside the views…

Answer 1

You answered your own question: that’s (almost) exactly how you do it!

# tested on 1.2.3  
form = VoteForm(initial={})
form.fields['field_name'].widget = forms.HiddenInput() # make sure you call widget()

form.as_p() # shows new widget