On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Sivaram R <sivaram2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> forms.py
>
> PERSON_ACTIONS = (
> ('1', '01.Allowed to rest and returned to class'),
> ('2', '02.Contacted parents /guardians'),
> ('3', '02a.- Unable to Contact'),
> ('4', '02b.Unavailable - left message'),)
>
> class PersonActionsForm(forms.ModelForm):
> action = forms.MultipleChoiceField(widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple(),
> choices=PERSON_ACTIONS, required=False, label= u"Actions")
>
>
> models.py
>
> class Actions(models.Model):
> reportperson = models.ForeignKey(ReportPerson)
> action = models.IntegerField('Action type')
>
When you specify multiple checkboxes in a form and then display it, it
should not be a surprise that you are shown multiple checkboxes…
In your form, 'action' field is a MultipleChoiceField, and you've
specified the widget should by a CheckboxSelectMultiple. As should be
obvious from the names, allows you to select multiple choices for this
field using checkboxes.
However, in your model 'action' field is an IntegerField - it takes
exactly one value. Also, IntegerField does not take an unnamed string
argument in it's constructor, so I have to ask, is this actually
working code? Also, on a minor point, a model class name should be
singular, eg 'Action', not 'Actions', otherwise Django will start
talking about 'Actionss'.
A correct way to do this would be to specify the choices that are
valid for that model in the model itself:
PERSON_ACTION_CHOICES = (
('1', '01.Allowed to rest and returned to class'),
('2', '02.Contacted parents /guardians'),
('3', '02a.- Unable to Contact'),
('4', '02b.Unavailable - left message'),)
class Action(models.Model):
reportperson = models.ForeignKey(ReportPerson)
action = models.IntegerField(choices=PERSON_ACTION_CHOICES)
Then in your forms.py:
class PersonActionsForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Action
This will display your action as a drop down that allows you to select
a single action. You do not want to change it to show checkboxes,
checkboxes are for selecting multiple choices. The other option is
RadioSelect, which is like a checkbox but automatically only allows
one choice to be selected.
If you want to display the currently saved choice on the model
separately, then use the instance in the form:
{{ form.instance.action }}
If you added the choices to the model as I recommended, you can even
get it to output the text description of the choice:
{{ form.instance.get_action_display }}
Cheers
Tom
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