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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. 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.
