Question

In the template I get the whole DropDown correctly shown with something like this:

{{form.deal_type}}

But what if I wanted just the text of the selected dropdown shown?

This shows me just a foreignkey.

{{form.deal_type.value}}

Answer 1

I don’t know why you want to do this exactly, but try this.

TO LOOP:

{% for value, text in form.deal_type.field.choices %}
    {{ value }}: {{ text }}
    {% if value == form.deal_type.value %}
        <strong>{{ text }}</strong> <!-- THIS IS THE SELECTED ONE... -->
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

EDIT:

I meant the above code as an illustration, not that you should use it verbatim. This code will do more like what you want.

{{ form.deal_type.label_tag }}
{% for value, text in form.deal_type.field.choices %}
    {% if value == form.deal_type.value %}
        {{ text }}
        <input type="hidden" name="deal_type" value="{{ value }}" />
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}