Fixed #24788 -- Allowed Forms to specify a prefix at the class level.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
index 3bc39cdc0f..008170d341 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
@@ -1065,3 +1065,13 @@ You can put several Django forms inside one ``<form>`` tag. To give each
     >>> print(father.as_ul())
     <li><label for="id_father-first_name">First name:</label> <input type="text" name="father-first_name" id="id_father-first_name" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_father-last_name">Last name:</label> <input type="text" name="father-last_name" id="id_father-last_name" /></li>
+
+The prefix can also be specified on the form class::
+
+    >>> class PersonForm(forms.Form):
+    ...     ...
+    ...     prefix = 'person'
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.9
+
+    The ability to specify ``prefix`` on the form class was added.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
index 5b58f79fc0..f9bb9decfc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ Forms
   :attr:`~django.forms.Form.field_order` attribute, the ``field_order``
   constructor argument , or the :meth:`~django.forms.Form.order_fields` method.
 
+* A form prefix can be specified inside a form class, not only when
+  instantiating a form. See :ref:`form-prefix` for details.
+
 Generic Views
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^