Question

If I have a list of objects that require similar layouts but need some attribute set based on the class of object how can I go about getting the class name while class and other xx values are not available within templates.

 {% for obj in objects %}  <div class={{obj.__class__.__name__}}    ..  </div> {% endfor }} 

There is probably an alternative approach i’m missing here..

Answer 1

A little dirty solution

If objects is a QuerySet that belong to a model, you can add a custom method to your model.

 class mymodel(models.Model):      foo = models........    def get_cname(self):     class_name = ....     return class_name  

then in your template you can try:

{% for obj in objects %}    <div class='{{obj.get_cname}}'>      ..   </div> {% endfor }}