Question

whats the recommended way of modifying/adding the fields in a djangoform object i was trying adding a new key to the dictionary obj.base_fields['new_field']='value_of_newfield‘ but as it turns out that it will be added as a string and not a CharField,that can be worked around but some where down my gut i have this feeling that its not the recommended way ..and i am not talking about obj(intial={'new_field':'value_of_newfield'})

Answer 1

You must add an instance of a form field:

from django import forms
obj.base_fields['name_of_field'] = forms.CharField()