[Django] #13269: Possible docs error - Overriding the default field types or widgets

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#13269: Possible docs error - Overriding the default field types or widgets
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 Reporter:  mattrowbum                 |       Owner:  nobody    
   Status:  new                        |   Milestone:            
Component:  Documentation              |     Version:  1.2-beta  
 Keywords:  widgets, form field types  |       Stage:  Unreviewed
Has_patch:  0                          |  
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 Hi.

 I'm new to django and am using the development version from SVN v1.2.0
 beta.1 (rev 12909)

 I am unsure of whether there is a problem in the code, docs or my own app.
 I'm providing this as a solution to a problem I faced, based on
 information found in the docs.

 The first example given in the following section of the docs would not
 work for me...
 http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/#overriding-
 the-default-field-types-or-widgets

 {{{
 class AuthorForm(ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Author
         fields = ['name', 'title', 'birth_date']
         widgets = {
             'name': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 80, 'rows': 20}),
         }
 }}}

 From reading through the docs, I presume that the only import required is:

 {{{
 from django.forms import ModelForm
 }}}

 When I attempted to run the development server, I receive the following
 error message:
 {{{
 NameError: name 'Textarea' is not defined
 }}}

 My solution was the following:

 {{{
 from django import forms

 class AuthorForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Author
         fields = ['name', 'title', 'birth_date']
         widgets = {
             'name': forms.Textarea(attrs={'cols': 80, 'rows': 20}),
         }
 }}}

 In summary, I made the following changes:

 {{{
 Line 1 - from django import forms
 Line 3 - class AuthorForm(forms.ModelForm):
 Line 8 - 'name': forms.Textarea(...),
 }}}

 I hope this is of some help.

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Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13269>
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