Question

I would like to put some help text in this form.

class ItemForm(forms.ModelForm):
      alternative_id = forms.CharField(max_length = 60, required = False, help_text = 'Valid wildcard search is in the format *XX, *XX*, XX*')

However it does not appear on the page. Is it because I may need a template tag somewhere?

EDIT: I have this written in my template.

<div id="location_header">Search for Items</div>
<div id="form_container">
<form action="." method="post">
        <fieldset class="model">
                {{ form.as_p }}
                {{ alternative_id.help_text }}
        </fieldset>
        <div id="form_footer">
                <input type="submit" value="Search" >
        </div>

</form>
</div>

Help text still does not appear. Is there a way to write a help text, while allowing django to generate a form?

Answer 1

Putting {{ form.as_p }} (or just {{ form }}) in your template should display the help_text without additional code, provided that you have form in your context (but I suppose you do if you get the field on your page).