Question

is there a way i could send a form’s (css) class from python?
For example:

class Company(Form):
    companyName = TextField('Company Name', [validators.Length(min=3, max = 60)])

This renders a simple text field, but i want that text field to have the css class of .companyName, is that possible directly from python?

I know that i can put a id="companyName" directly from python, but not class.

Help.

Update:
I tried class_="companyName" and it did not work, i got:

__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument '_class'

Answer 1

WTForms does not allow you to set display options (such as class name) in the field initialization. However, there are several ways to get around this:

1. If all of your fields should include a class name as well as an ID then just pass in each field’s short_name to it when you render it:

   <dl>
   {% for field in form %}
   <dt>{{field.label}}</dt>
   <dd>{{field(class_=field.short_name)}}</dd>
   {% endfor %}
   </dl>
   

2. Create a custom widget mixin that provides the class name:

   from wtforms.fields import StringField
   from wtforms.widgets import TextInput
   
   class ClassedWidgetMixin(object):
       """Adds the field's name as a class 
       when subclassed with any WTForms Field type.
   
       Has not been tested - may not work."""
       def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
           super(ClassedWidgetMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
   
       def __call__(self, field, **kwargs):
           c = kwargs.pop('class', '') or kwargs.pop('class_', '')
           kwargs['class'] = u'%s %s' % (field.short_name, c)
           return super(ClassedWidgetMixin, self).__call__(field, **kwargs)
   
   # An example
   class ClassedTextInput(ClassedWidgetMixin, TextInput):
       pass
   
   class Company(Form):
       company_name = StringField('Company Name', widget=ClassedTextInput)