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Asked: 2026-06-09T12:06:34+00:00

I really like the ability to use modelforms in django to speed up UI.

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I really like the ability to use modelforms in django to speed up UI. IE:

<html>
    ...
    {{ myform }}
    ...
</html>

However, the HTML output I need to create does not match what is created by default. I cannot change my required HTML output, but I would like to change the output of the form.

I know that there are a few approaches to doing so. Looping over the fields and displaying each one individually (i.e. looping and displaying {{ myform.field }} ) works ok, but it’s not nearly as nice as just doing {{ myform }}. Widgets seemed like a good idea, but after looking at the docs & some examples, I am not so sure – I just want to change the html output, not the functionality. If there WAS some way to output a field based perhaps on a template, that would be nice.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I usually use the include tag. I create a custom template (form_snippet.html).

    For the sake of argument let’s say the form_snippet.html just prints the form:

    <!-- Form snippet -->
{{ form }}

    Then when you want to use that form template in your other templates you simply have to use:

    {% include 'form_snippet.html' with form=myform %}

    You could simply loop over fields and add your custom markup.

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