Thanks. Will try those out. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com>wrote:
> The Form just validates that the object you choose is a valid choice for > that M2M field. If you wanted to created a new one on the fly, you'd > probably want to use another Form and maybe go the Javascript way. > > You could *possibly* get by, in the same form, with doing something like > this: > > class MyForm(forms.ModelForm): > add_new_m2m = forms.BooleanField() > new_m2m = forms.CharField() > > def save(self): > > # Instance of this ModelForm's meta "class" attribute > m = super(MyForm, self).save(commit=True) > > # A Boolean deciding whether the user wants to create a new choice > or not > if self.cleaned_data['add_new_m2m']: > > # Create the new object, previously unselectable > new_choice = > M2M.objects.create(title=self.cleaned_data['m2m']) > > # Add the object to this Model > m.m2m.add(new_choice) > > Another way to go about it is to give the user the option to enter some > data manually for that M2M field. Write the clean__m2mfield to accept > whatever you feel is nessasary. Then, in your save method, if the field is > not a choose-able M2M Object, then create a new one and add it in. > > Those are just a couple of ideas. I'm sure others will have more for ya :) > > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Timothy Makobu < > makobu.mwambir...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes, how does one do that? >> Right now it's just rendering static choices that already exist. Or do I >> have to circumvent ModelForm for this field and present the field manually? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
