Re: Setting default form value in template

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Dewhirst
I think you need a bit of R&D here. The general advice I've seen is to get it working without javascript and then find a js solution. I feel it is difficult. Back at the server you only have the data the browser sends you. If I understand what you are saying, your problem is to write some java

Re: Setting default form value in template

2011-08-25 Thread raj
Bump** On Aug 25, 12:49 pm, raj wrote: > Actually, I think I'm figuring it out. Just a quick question though. > Is it possible to pass javascript values through the form attrs > attribute? For example: > > class forms(forms.Form): >     name = forms.TextInput(attrs={'size': 10, 'value': ' js=firs

Re: Setting default form value in template

2011-08-25 Thread raj
Actually, I think I'm figuring it out. Just a quick question though. Is it possible to pass javascript values through the form attrs attribute? For example: class forms(forms.Form): name = forms.TextInput(attrs={'size': 10, 'value': ''',}) On Aug 25, 12:13 pm, raj wrote: > Let me be a bit m

Re: Setting default form value in template

2011-08-25 Thread raj
Let me be a bit more clear. Lets take, for example, the linkedin javascript api. Now, when you log into your linkedin account through my website, the website can access certain parts of your profile using javascript. Now, when the user first logs in, I want to be able store some information about t

Re: Setting default form value in template

2011-08-24 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Thursday, 25 August 2011 06:10:38 UTC+1, raj wrote: > > I'm trying to set a default form value in the template, and not in the > forms.py file (because I'm trying to make the default value dynamic > depending on something that javascript will return). > So To test it, I have the following lin

Setting default form value in template

2011-08-24 Thread raj
I'm trying to set a default form value in the template, and not in the forms.py file (because I'm trying to make the default value dynamic depending on something that javascript will return). So To test it, I have the following line in my template: {{ form.first_name|default:"Enter Your first name