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diff --git a/docs/admin.txt b/docs/admin.txt index 03c0154331..30513971b2 100644 --- a/docs/admin.txt +++ b/docs/admin.txt @@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ Example:: ``form`` ~~~~~~~~ -The default ``forms.ModelForm`` class used to generate the form on the -add/change pages for models. You can easily change this to your own -``ModelForm`` to override the default form behavior of the add/change pages. +By default a ``ModelForm`` is dynamically created for your model. It is used +to create the form presented on both the add/change pages. You can easily +provide your own ``ModelForm`` to override any default form behavior on the +add/change pages. + +For an example see the section `Adding custom validation to the admin`_. + +.. _Adding custom validation to the admin: #adding-custom-validation-to-the-admin ``fieldsets`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -617,6 +622,9 @@ needed. Now within your form you can add your own custom validation for any field:: class MyArticleAdminForm(forms.ModelForm): + class Meta: + model = Article + def clean_name(self): # do something that validates your data return self.cleaned_data["name"] |