On Jan 21, 2008 11:23 AM, lowshoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> i'm currently trying to create a form with newforms from a model. now
> i would like to create an add-form where a selection field shall have
> a preselected value. i know that i can pass a data-dictionary when
> instantiating the form:
>
>
> FolderForm = forms.models.form_for_model(Folder)
> form = FolderForm({'parent': id})
>
> If I render this form, i unfortunately get already validation errors
> about the other fields that are missing. Is there a way to instantiate
> and render a Form without validation or perhaps another possibility to
> prefill form fields?
>
Sounds like you want dynamic initial values:
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/newforms/#dynamic-initial-values
(You might also want to look at the newer ModelForm instead of
form_for_model.)
Karen
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