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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/forms/fields.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt index 4248af3d26..d1ff54908d 100644 --- a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt @@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ validation if a particular field's value is not given. ``initial`` values are >>> f.errors {'url': [u'This field is required.'], 'name': [u'This field is required.']} +Instead of a constant, you can also pass any callable:: + + >>> import datetime + >>> class DateForm(forms.Form): + ... day = forms.DateField(initial=datetime.date.today) + >>> print DateForm() + <tr><th>Day:</th><td><input type="text" name="day" value="12/23/2008" /><td></tr> + +The callable will be evaluated only when the unbound form is displayed, not when it is defined. + ``widget`` ~~~~~~~~~~ |