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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> | 2016-01-27 08:57:17 -0500 |
| commit | 204d31cd6033bfcd7ede1a6eedcc5f351d2cfa11 (patch) | |
| tree | a31c33f2a59446ea350eeb4ff962b04c10ed860d | |
| parent | dee5896b55385d2c66d8c1b8386604868f7fc6b4 (diff) | |
[1.9.x] Refs #26142 -- Documented that Formset's extra=0 doesn't prevent creating objects.
Backport of 8e6a08e937272f088902cdbec65a9f2e919783bf from master
| -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 1106980bac..95ef3334fc 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -931,6 +931,12 @@ 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``:: |