Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

This is clearly described in the polls application tutorial. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/intro/tutorial01/ On Thu 6 Sep, 2018, 9:38 PM Ousseynou Diop, wrote: > Hi friend , > > use this function to display the choices field. > > models.py > > > class Article(models.Model): > >

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

Hi friend , use this function to display the choices field. models.py class Article(models.Model): ARTICLE_CHOICES = ( ) status = models.CharField(max_length=120, choices=ARTICLE_CHOICES, ) in your templates {% article in articles %} {{artcile.get_status_display}} {%

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

you just need to enclose it in a get__display and it will display it in the template file. in your example below, you will need to show it as follows in your templates html file: object.get_state_display where object is whatever the object name you have passed via the view. Hope this helps. V.

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

This function gets for a specific information stored in the instance of the model. If I want to display as a drop down in the template all the human readable names in the choices can I do that ? Also, Before storing it to DB, how to convert it back to human redable to short version mentioned

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

I could've swore I tried that before posting my question and it didn't work, but I tried it this time and it did. Anyhow, a long winded way of apologizing for asking a simple question. Thank you for taking the time to answer! Kevin On Feb 10, 3:41 pm, Alex Gaynor wrote:

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Kevin Audleman wrote: > > Thanks Alex, however this is a solution at the View level, and I'm > using a view that I didn't write. Is there also a way to do this at > the template level? > > Thanks again, > Kevin > > On Feb 10, 1:24 pm,

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

Thanks Alex, however this is a solution at the View level, and I'm using a view that I didn't write. Is there also a way to do this at the template level? Thanks again, Kevin On Feb 10, 1:24 pm, Alex Gaynor wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Kevin Audleman >

Re: How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Kevin Audleman wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I've set up a model that has a state field with the input set to a > list of states, > > state = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, > choices=US_STATE_LIST) > > The drop-down on the

How do I display the human readable name of a choice?

Hi everyone, I've set up a model that has a state field with the input set to a list of states, state = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, choices=US_STATE_LIST) The drop-down on the edit form works great, displaying 'Alabama' and storing AL in the database. However when I view it,