When you add a form field like that, it removes inheritance of field attributes like verbose_name from the model.
Instead, you could override Form.__init__() and set the widget similar to what's described at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/forms/widgets/ "Or if the field isn’t declared directly on the form..." I think it would be: self.fields['who'].widget = forms.Textarea() On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 5:08:48 PM UTC-5, Michael Corey wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting the verbose_name attribute of a model field to > show up when rendering a ModelForm. instead, the label uses the pretty > version of the field name, not the verbose_name. This occurs any time I > specify a field type, and works properly (shows the verbose_name) if I > don't specify a field type. > > Version 1: This works (i.e. it shows the verbose name as the label)... > ``` > # models.py > > class Pitch(models.Model): > dummy = models.CharField(verbose_name="not a real field just so I can > exclude something for this bug report") > who = models.TextField(max_length=3000, verbose_name="In a few lines, > tell us what your story is about and what question your story is trying to > answer.") > > > # forms.py > class PitchForm(forms.ModelForm): > class Meta: > model = Pitch > excludes = ['dummy'] > > # pitchform.html > > {% for field in form %} > {{ field.label }} > <div class="fieldWrapper"> > {{ field.errors }} > {{ field.label_tag }} {{ field }} > {% if field.help_text %} > <p class="help">{{ field.help_text|safe }}</p> > {% endif %} > </div> > {% endif %} > {% endfor %} > > ``` > > Version 2: This does not work (shows a prettified version of the field > name, not the verbose_name). The only difference is specifying a CharField > in forms.py > ``` > # models.py > > class Pitch(models.Model): > dummy = models.CharField(verbose_name="not a real field just so I can > exclude something for this bug report") > who = models.TextField(max_length=3000, verbose_name="In a few lines, > tell us what your story is about and what question your story is trying to > answer.") > > > # forms.py > class PitchForm(forms.ModelForm): > who = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea) > > class Meta: > model = Pitch > excludes = ['dummy'] > > # pitchform.html > > {% for field in form %} > {{ field.label }} > <div class="fieldWrapper"> > {{ field.errors }} > {{ field.label_tag }} {{ field }} > {% if field.help_text %} > <p class="help">{{ field.help_text|safe }}</p> > {% endif %} > </div> > {% endif %} > {% endfor %} > > ``` > > Am I doing it wrong? > > Thanks > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7f2a8cbc-6707-47ac-ab1c-fae34c599b77%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
