Thanks for the pointer.
This does indeed change the default value to 'Male'
but the select-box still offers the dashes...
I want to eliminate the dashes-option completely,
why give the user a choice that will never be accepted?
-mark
On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 06:47 +0000, Ryan wrote:
> Use initial when calling your form class.
>
> formClass = forms.form_for_model(Person)
> form = formClass(initial={'gender': 'm'})
>
> On Sep 6, 4:31 pm, Mark Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is my model:
> >
> > class Person(models.Model):
> > GENDER_CHOICES = (
> > ( 'm', 'Male' ),
> > ( 'f', 'Female' ),
> > )
> > gender = models.CharField( blank=False, "gender", maxlength=1,
> > choices=GENDER_CHOICES, default='m' )
> >
> > Using form_for_model() on the above model results in HTML like this:
> >
> > <select name="gender" id="id_gender">
> > <option value="" selected="selected">---------</option>
> > <option value="m">Male</option>
> > <option value="f">Female</option>
> > </select>
> >
> > How do I get rid of the first option (the dashes)?
> > I would prefer to have the <select>-widget default to my default-value.
> >
> > Any help appreciated!
> >
> > -mark
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