i wrote a couple of filters and do this....maybe not as efficient..but works for me...
{% filter label_asterisk_red %} {{ posting_form|mark_required }} {% endfilter %} import re from django import template from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter register = template.Library() label_exp = re.compile(r'(?P<precede>\<label.*\>.*)\*') @register.filter("mark_required") def truncate(form): for k,v in form.fields.items(): if v.required: v.label = v.label or k v.label += '*' return form @register.filter("label_asterisk_red") def label_asterisk_red(value): return label_exp.sub('\g<precede><font class="required">*</font>', value) On Oct 27, 3:31 pm, andresj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 22, 11:33 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So, in the template, I was hoping to be able do something like: > > > <b>{{field.label_tag}}:</b> {{field}} > > {% if field.error%} > > <font color="red"><b>{{ field.error }}</b></font> > > {% else %} > > {% if field.required%} <font color="red">*</font>{% endif %} > > {% endif %} > > {% if field.help_text %}} <font > > color="silver">{{ field.help_text }}</font>{% endif %} > > Almost like that, just subsitite field.required to > field.field.required. field is a BoundField, and field.field is the > Field (e.g. CharField, IntegerField) that is set in the Form. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---