On Thursday, 25 August 2011 06:10:38 UTC+1, raj wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set a default form value in the template, and not in the
> forms.py file (because I'm trying to make the default value dynamic
> depending on something that javascript will return).
> So To test it, I have the following line in my template:
>
> {{ form.first_name|default:"Enter Your first name" }}
>
> The issue is that it doesn't work, And I can't figure out why. Am I
> doing something illegal?
> Help Please. Thank you.
No, that doesn't work at all, and never will. The "default" filter is for
providing a value in case a particular context variable is empty, not for
setting a form field's default value.
Your reasoning doesn't seem to make sense, in any case. Templates are
rendered server-side, so Javascript can have no effect on what is rendered.
Do this in the view.
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