Fixed #6265 -- Added an example of overriding a form field's default widget in the modelforms docs, based on patch from programmerq.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@7036 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Gary Wilson Jr 2008-01-28 03:12:28 +00:00
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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class from a Django model.
For example::
>>> from django.newforms import ModelForm
# Create the form class.
>>> class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
... class Meta:
@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ model fields:
To avoid this failure, you must instantiate your model with initial values
for the missing, but required fields, or use ``save(commit=False)`` and
manually set any extra required fields::
instance = Instance(required_field='value')
form = InstanceForm(request.POST, instance=instance)
new_instance = form.save()
@ -311,3 +311,12 @@ field, you could do the following::
...
... class Meta:
... model = Article
If you want to override a field's default widget, then specify the ``widget``
parameter when declaring the form field::
>>> class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
... pub_date = DateField(widget=MyDateWidget())
...
... class Meta:
... model = Article