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The form rendering API
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======================
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.. module:: django.forms.renderers
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:synopsis: Built-in form renderers.
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.. versionadded:: 1.11
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In older versions, widgets are rendered using Python. All APIs described
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in this document are new.
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Django's form widgets are rendered using Django's :doc:`template engines
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system </topics/templates>`.
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The form rendering process can be customized at several levels:
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* Widgets can specify custom template names.
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* Forms and widgets can specify custom renderer classes.
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* A widget's template can be overridden by a project. (Reusable applications
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typically shouldn't override built-in templates because they might conflict
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with a project's custom templates.)
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.. _low-level-widget-render-api:
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The low-level render API
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========================
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The rendering of form templates is controlled by a customizable renderer class.
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A custom renderer can be specified by updating the :setting:`FORM_RENDERER`
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setting. It defaults to
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``'``:class:`django.forms.renderers.DjangoTemplates`\ ``'``.
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You can also provide a custom renderer by setting the
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:attr:`.Form.default_renderer` attribute or by using the ``renderer`` argument
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of :meth:`.Widget.render`.
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Use one of the :ref:`built-in template form renderers
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<built-in-template-form-renderers>` or implement your own. Custom renderers
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must implement a ``render(template_name, context, request=None)`` method. It
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should return a rendered templates (as a string) or raise
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:exc:`~django.template.TemplateDoesNotExist`.
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.. _built-in-template-form-renderers:
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Built-in-template form renderers
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================================
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``DjangoTemplates``
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-------------------
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.. class:: DjangoTemplates
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This renderer uses a standalone
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:class:`~django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates`
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engine (unconnected to what you might have configured in the
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:setting:`TEMPLATES` setting). It loads templates first from the built-in form
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templates directory in ``django/forms/templates`` and then from the installed
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apps' templates directories using the :class:`app_directories
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<django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader>` loader.
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If you want to render templates with customizations from your
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:setting:`TEMPLATES` setting, such as context processors for example, use the
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:class:`TemplatesSetting` renderer.
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``Jinja2``
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----------
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.. class:: Jinja2
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This renderer is the same as the :class:`DjangoTemplates` renderer except that
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it uses a :class:`~django.template.backends.jinja2.Jinja2` backend. Templates
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for the built-in widgets are located in ``django/forms/jinja2`` and installed
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apps can provide templates in a ``jinja2`` directory.
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To use this backend, all the widgets in your project and its third-party apps
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must have Jinja2 templates. Unless you provide your own Jinja2 templates for
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widgets that don't have any, you can't use this renderer. For example,
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin` doesn't include Jinja2 templates for its widgets
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due to their usage of Django template tags.
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``TemplatesSetting``
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--------------------
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.. class:: TemplatesSetting
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This renderer gives you complete control of how widget templates are sourced.
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It uses :func:`~django.template.loader.get_template` to find widget
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templates based on what's configured in the :setting:`TEMPLATES` setting.
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Using this renderer along with the built-in widget templates requires either:
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#. ``'django.forms'`` in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` and at least one engine
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with :setting:`APP_DIRS=True <TEMPLATES-APP_DIRS>`.
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#. Adding the built-in widgets templates directory in :setting:`DIRS
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<TEMPLATES-DIRS>` of one of your template engines. To generate that path::
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import django
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django.__path__[0] + '/forms/templates' # or '/forms/jinja2'
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Using this renderer requires you to make sure the form templates your project
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needs can be located.
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Context available in widget templates
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=====================================
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Widget templates receive a context from :meth:`.Widget.get_context`. By
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default, widgets receive a single value in the context, ``widget``. This is a
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dictionary that contains values like:
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* ``name``
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* ``value``
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* ``attrs``
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* ``is_hidden``
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* ``template_name``
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Some widgets add further information to the context. For instance, all widgets
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that subclass ``Input`` defines ``widget['type']`` and :class:`.MultiWidget`
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defines ``widget['subwidgets']`` for looping purposes.
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Overriding built-in widget templates
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====================================
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Each widget has a ``template_name`` attribute with a value such as
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``input.html``. Built-in widget templates are stored in the
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``django/forms/widgets`` path. You can provide a custom template for
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``input.html`` by defining ``django/forms/widgets/input.html``, for example.
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See :ref:`built-in widgets` for the name of each widget's template.
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If you use the :class:`TemplatesSetting` renderer, overriding widget templates
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works the same as overriding any other template in your project. You can't
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override built-in widget templates using the other built-in renderers.
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