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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/forms/api.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/1.11.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt index 094be3a565..8849ce284d 100644 --- a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt +++ b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt @@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ precedence:: <tr><th>Url:</th><td><input type="url" name="url" required /></td></tr> <tr><th>Comment:</th><td><input type="text" name="comment" required /></td></tr> +.. method:: Form.get_initial_for_field(field, field_name) + +.. versionadded:: 1.11 + +Use :meth:`~Form.get_initial_for_field()` to retrieve initial data for a form +field. It retrieves data from :attr:`Form.initial` and :attr:`Field.initial`, +in that order, and evaluates any callable initial values. + Checking which form data has changed ==================================== diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.txt index c8fc03c2b6..41baeb40dd 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.11.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.11.txt @@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ Forms * The new :attr:`CharField.empty_value <django.forms.CharField.empty_value>` attribute allows specifying the Python value to use to represent "empty". +* The new :meth:`Form.get_initial_for_field() + <django.forms.Form.get_initial_for_field>` method returns initial data for a + form field. + Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |