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| author | David Smith <smithdc@gmail.com> | 2023-02-12 13:24:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com> | 2023-02-15 10:26:31 +0100 |
| commit | 3cc7a92189f45eab034661359e60ede4c88a6052 (patch) | |
| tree | f83b7229ebf188db87464624e833fa36ffcff7f8 /docs/topics/forms | |
| parent | 232b60a21b951bd16b8c95b34fcbcbf3ecd89fca (diff) | |
Refs #32339 -- Doc'd setting a form's template_name is recomended over using as_* methods.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/forms/index.txt | 40 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/index.txt b/docs/topics/forms/index.txt index 9ca3509266..3d409f5f06 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/index.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/index.txt @@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ appropriately. ``<form>`` tags, or the form's ``submit`` control. You will have to provide these yourself. +.. _reusable-form-templates: + Reusable form templates ----------------------- @@ -552,44 +554,6 @@ the :meth:`.Form.render`. Here's an example of this being used in a view:: See :ref:`ref-forms-api-outputting-html` for more details. -Form rendering options ----------------------- - -There are other output options though for the ``<label>``/``<input>`` pairs: - -* ``{{ form.as_div }}`` will render them wrapped in ``<div>`` tags. - -* ``{{ form.as_table }}`` will render them as table cells wrapped in ``<tr>`` - tags. - -* ``{{ form.as_p }}`` will render them wrapped in ``<p>`` tags. - -* ``{{ form.as_ul }}`` will render them wrapped in ``<li>`` tags. - -Note that you'll have to provide the surrounding ``<table>`` or ``<ul>`` -elements yourself. - -Here's the output of ``{{ form.as_p }}`` for our ``ContactForm`` instance: - -.. code-block:: html+django - - <p><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> - <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" required></p> - <p><label for="id_message">Message:</label> - <textarea name="message" id="id_message" required></textarea></p> - <p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> - <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" required></p> - <p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> - <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself"></p> - -Note that each form field has an ID attribute set to ``id_<field-name>``, which -is referenced by the accompanying label tag. This is important in ensuring that -forms are accessible to assistive technology such as screen reader software. -You can also :ref:`customize the way in which labels and ids are generated -<ref-forms-api-configuring-label>`. - -See :ref:`ref-forms-api-outputting-html` for more on this. - Rendering fields manually ------------------------- |
