Question

I have a template that looks like:

<form method="post" action="{% url ... %}">
{% csrf_token %}
<table class="table">
    {% for x in X %}
        <tr>
            <td>{{ x.name }}</td>
            <td><input type="checkbox" value="{{x.id}}"" /></td>
        </tr>
    {% endfor %}
</table>
</form>

What type of field should I use in the django form class for the checkboxes ?

Thanks for the answers

EDIT:

I did not mention, X in loop is given at runtime. It is not a list of predefined values.

Answer 1

You need to specify CheckBoxMultipleSelect widget for the form field.

E.g.

def MyForm(forms.Form):
    favorite_colors = forms.MultipleChoiceField(required=False,
        widget=CheckboxSelectMultiple, choices=FAVORITE_COLORS_CHOICES)
    ...

Reference: Widgets