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| author | Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com> | 2008-07-06 15:23:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com> | 2008-07-06 15:23:24 +0000 |
| commit | 8c8513281e9ed29840a082c05482a87d33f59f96 (patch) | |
| tree | cfeb54f6adaeac83f8e009773bac81ab48b02a29 /docs/newforms.txt | |
| parent | 058a190a792fd1ffc5b0f9c522ce805ea58d655b (diff) | |
newforms-admin: Merged from trunk up to [7852].
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/newforms-admin@7853 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/newforms.txt b/docs/newforms.txt index be3a0b6a2a..824bdb7ea1 100644 --- a/docs/newforms.txt +++ b/docs/newforms.txt @@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ An ``UploadedFile`` object has two attributes: The string representation of an ``UploadedFile`` is the same as the filename attribute. -When you use a ``FileField`` on a form, you must also remember to +When you use a ``FileField`` in a form, you must also remember to `bind the file data to the form`_. .. _`bind the file data to the form`: `Binding uploaded files to a form`_ @@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ These control the range of values permitted in the field. Using an ImageField requires that the `Python Imaging Library`_ is installed. -When you use a ``FileField`` on a form, you must also remember to +When you use an ``ImageField`` in a form, you must also remember to `bind the file data to the form`_. .. _Python Imaging Library: http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ @@ -1820,15 +1820,21 @@ reuse certain sets of widget attributes over and over again. Rather than repeat these attribute definitions every time you need them, Django allows you to capture those definitions as a custom widget. -For example, if you find that you are including a lot of comment fields on forms, -you could capture the idea of a ``TextInput`` with a specific ``size`` attribute -as a custom extension to the ``TextInput`` widget:: +For example, if you find that you are including a lot of comment fields on +forms, you could capture the idea of a ``TextInput`` with a specific +default ``size`` attribute as a custom extension to the ``TextInput`` widget:: class CommentWidget(forms.TextInput): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): - kwargs.setdefault('attrs',{}).update({'size': '40'}) + attrs = kwargs.setdefault('attrs',{}) + if 'size' not in attrs: + attrs['size'] = 40 super(CommentWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) +We allow the ``size`` attribute to be overridden by the user, but, by default, +this widget will behave as if ``attrs={'size': 40}`` was always passed into the +constructor. + Then you can use this widget in your forms:: class CommentForm(forms.Form): |
