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| author | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2016-01-26 19:06:39 -0500 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2016-01-26 19:12:01 -0500 |
| commit | 8e6a08e937272f088902cdbec65a9f2e919783bf (patch) | |
| tree | a73224237b9878f7d9233bac51127ceea2fa43eb /docs | |
| parent | bdbe50a491ca41e7d4ebace47bfe8abe50a58211 (diff) | |
Refs #26142 -- Documented that Formset's extra=0 doesn't prevent creating objects.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt index f3ad3cc1b1..978e9df83b 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -921,6 +921,12 @@ extra forms displayed. >>> [x.name for x in formset.get_queryset()] ['Charles Baudelaire', 'Paul Verlaine', 'Walt Whitman'] +Also, ``extra=0`` doesn't prevent creation of new model instances as you can +:ref:`add additional forms with JavaScript <understanding-the-managementform>` +or just send additional POST data. Formsets `don't yet provide functionality +<https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/26142>`_ for an "edit only" view that +prevents creation of new instances. + If the value of ``max_num`` is greater than the number of existing related objects, up to ``extra`` additional blank forms will be added to the formset, so long as the total number of forms does not exceed ``max_num``:: |