Question

I’m attempting to pass the lat, long using HTML5 geolocation to automatically populate two form fields in a Django form using JavaScript. I’ve found a new solutions, but the form is a Meta class form where the html is automatically generated, and it doesn’t seem to be able to have a manner to add an “id” tag to it for this type of access.

Is there a proper way to access and populate fields in a Meta class form in this manner using JavaScript? Any insight appreciated.

Answer 1

When you get the location via HTML5 geolocation, you can use javascript to populate the fields. Look at the generated HTML code of the form & grab the ids of the fields. Here’s a sample jQuery code:

$("#id_latitude").val(latitude);
$("#id_longitude").val(longitude);