From 8e6a08e937272f088902cdbec65a9f2e919783bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:06:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Refs #26142 -- Documented that Formset's extra=0 doesn't prevent creating objects. --- docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt index f3ad3cc1b1..978e9df83b 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -921,6 +921,12 @@ 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 ` +or just send additional POST data. Formsets `don't yet provide functionality +`_ 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``::