diff --git a/django/newforms/fields.py b/django/newforms/fields.py
index 408c90df45..e3c1cee87a 100644
--- a/django/newforms/fields.py
+++ b/django/newforms/fields.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Field classes
from django.utils.translation import gettext
from util import ValidationError, smart_unicode
-from widgets import TextInput, PasswordInput, CheckboxInput, Select, SelectMultiple
+from widgets import TextInput, PasswordInput, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput, CheckboxInput, Select, SelectMultiple
import datetime
import re
import time
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ except NameError:
class Field(object):
widget = TextInput # Default widget to use when rendering this type of Field.
+ hidden_widget = HiddenInput # Default widget to use when rendering this as "hidden".
# Tracks each time a Field instance is created. Used to retain order.
creation_counter = 0
@@ -336,6 +337,8 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
return value
class MultipleChoiceField(ChoiceField):
+ hidden_widget = MultipleHiddenInput
+
def __init__(self, choices=(), required=True, widget=SelectMultiple, label=None, initial=None):
ChoiceField.__init__(self, choices, required, widget, label, initial)
diff --git a/django/newforms/forms.py b/django/newforms/forms.py
index e1cc566b3b..21c9722990 100644
--- a/django/newforms/forms.py
+++ b/django/newforms/forms.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Form classes
from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict, MultiValueDict
from django.utils.html import escape
from fields import Field
-from widgets import TextInput, Textarea, HiddenInput
+from widgets import TextInput, Textarea, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput
from util import StrAndUnicode, ErrorDict, ErrorList, ValidationError
__all__ = ('BaseForm', 'Form')
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class BoundField(StrAndUnicode):
"""
Returns a string of HTML for representing this as an .
"""
- return self.as_widget(HiddenInput(), attrs)
+ return self.as_widget(self.field.hidden_widget(), attrs)
def _data(self):
"""
diff --git a/django/newforms/widgets.py b/django/newforms/widgets.py
index 996e353775..df8bb19c4f 100644
--- a/django/newforms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/newforms/widgets.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ HTML Widget classes
"""
__all__ = (
- 'Widget', 'TextInput', 'PasswordInput', 'HiddenInput', 'FileInput',
- 'Textarea', 'CheckboxInput',
+ 'Widget', 'TextInput', 'PasswordInput', 'HiddenInput', 'MultipleHiddenInput',
+ 'FileInput', 'Textarea', 'CheckboxInput',
'Select', 'SelectMultiple', 'RadioSelect', 'CheckboxSelectMultiple',
)
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ class HiddenInput(Input):
input_type = 'hidden'
is_hidden = True
+class MultipleHiddenInput(HiddenInput):
+ """
+ A widget that handles for fields that have a list
+ of values.
+ """
+ def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
+ if value is None: value = []
+ final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, type=self.input_type, name=name)
+ return u'\n'.join([(u'' % flatatt(dict(value=smart_unicode(v), **final_attrs))) for v in value])
+
class FileInput(Input):
input_type = 'file'
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index d1202944d0..3b252fb5a9 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -1849,6 +1849,17 @@ MultipleChoiceField is a special case, as its data is required to be a list:
+MultipleChoiceField rendered as_hidden() is a special case. Because it can
+have multiple values, its as_hidden() renders multiple
+tags.
+>>> f = SongForm({'name': 'Yesterday', 'composers': ['P']}, auto_id=False)
+>>> print f['composers'].as_hidden()
+
+>>> f = SongForm({'name': 'From Me To You', 'composers': ['P', 'J']}, auto_id=False)
+>>> print f['composers'].as_hidden()
+
+
+
MultipleChoiceField can also be used with the CheckboxSelectMultiple widget.
>>> class SongForm(Form):
... name = CharField()
@@ -1905,6 +1916,8 @@ returns a list of input.
>>> f.clean_data
{'composers': [u'J', u'P'], 'name': u'Yesterday'}
+# Validating multiple fields in relation to another ###########################
+
There are a couple of ways to do multiple-field validation. If you want the
validation message to be associated with a particular field, implement the
clean_XXX() method on the Form, where XXX is the field name. As in