[1.10.x] Fixed #27186 -- Fixed model form default fallback for MultiWidget, FileInput, SplitDateTimeWidget, SelectDateWidget, and SplitArrayWidget.

Thanks Matt Westcott for the review.

Backport of 3507d4e773aa9ff2336e7230ba231c4ba6eb568f from master

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/django/forms/models.py b/django/forms/models.py
index 1d54ea9676..ce93dead9e 100644
--- a/django/forms/models.py
+++ b/django/forms/models.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def construct_instance(form, instance, fields=None, exclude=None):
             continue
         # Leave defaults for fields that aren't in POST data, except for
         # checkbox inputs because they don't appear in POST data if not checked.
-        if (f.has_default() and form.add_prefix(f.name) not in form.data and
-                not getattr(form[f.name].field.widget, 'dont_use_model_field_default_for_empty_data', False)):
+        if (f.has_default() and
+                form[f.name].field.widget.value_omitted_from_data(form.data, form.files, form.add_prefix(f.name))):
             continue
         # Defer saving file-type fields until after the other fields, so a
         # callable upload_to can use the values from other fields.
diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 735207aa80..965f84f7df 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ class Widget(six.with_metaclass(RenameWidgetMethods)):
         """
         return data.get(name)
 
+    def value_omitted_from_data(self, data, files, name):
+        return name not in data
+
     def id_for_label(self, id_):
         """
         Returns the HTML ID attribute of this Widget for use by a <label>,
@@ -350,6 +353,9 @@ class FileInput(Input):
         "File widgets take data from FILES, not POST"
         return files.get(name)
 
+    def value_omitted_from_data(self, data, files, name):
+        return name not in files
+
 
 FILE_INPUT_CONTRADICTION = object()
 
@@ -480,10 +486,6 @@ def boolean_check(v):
 
 
 class CheckboxInput(Widget):
-    # Don't use model field defaults for fields that aren't in POST data,
-    # because checkboxes don't appear in POST data if not checked.
-    dont_use_model_field_default_for_empty_data = True
-
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, check_test=None):
         super(CheckboxInput, self).__init__(attrs)
         # check_test is a callable that takes a value and returns True
@@ -511,6 +513,11 @@ class CheckboxInput(Widget):
             value = values.get(value.lower(), value)
         return bool(value)
 
+    def value_omitted_from_data(self, data, files, name):
+        # HTML checkboxes don't appear in POST data if not checked, so it's
+        # never known if the value is actually omitted.
+        return False
+
 
 class Select(Widget):
     allow_multiple_selected = False
@@ -871,6 +878,12 @@ class MultiWidget(Widget):
     def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
         return [widget.value_from_datadict(data, files, name + '_%s' % i) for i, widget in enumerate(self.widgets)]
 
+    def value_omitted_from_data(self, data, files, name):
+        return all(
+            widget.value_omitted_from_data(data, files, name + '_%s' % i)
+            for i, widget in enumerate(self.widgets)
+        )
+
     def format_output(self, rendered_widgets):
         """
         Given a list of rendered widgets (as strings), returns a Unicode string
@@ -1056,6 +1069,12 @@ class SelectDateWidget(Widget):
                 return '%s-%s-%s' % (y, m, d)
         return data.get(name)
 
+    def value_omitted_from_data(self, data, files, name):
+        return not any(
+            ('{}_{}'.format(name, interval) in data)
+            for interval in ('year', 'month', 'day')
+        )
+
     def create_select(self, name, field, value, val, choices, none_value):
         if 'id' in self.attrs:
             id_ = self.attrs['id']