On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM, George Song <geo...@damacy.net> wrote:
>
> On 5/12/2009 11:32 AM, Luke Graybill wrote:
> > I didn't mean to imply a feature suggestion, I meant to ask if this is
> > possible already. If not, then is there some way to manipulate the form
> > __init__ (through _meta.fields perhaps?) to accomplish an approximation
> > of what I want?
> >
> > I'm just looking for a best-practice solution here - am I out of luck on
> > this, or can I get some ideas on how better to handle things?
>
> I'm not clear on how you would:
>
> 1. Avoid knowing what fields are served up by a given mixin.
> 2. Avoid explicitly referring to those fields to affect the order other
> than the default.
>
> Since you want "automatic" ordering, I'm assuming you're just throwing
> {{ form }} on your template, right?
>
> As far as I know, there's no hook into a Form object to directly
> manipulate the field order. I think your options are:
>
> 1. Manipulate the order of `form.fields` upon `__init__`.
> 2. Subclass `forms.Form` and override `_html_output` however you want.
> 3. Write a custom form rendering method on your form class or superclass.
> 4. You can couple #3 with a form factory that accepts something like
> `ModelAdmin.fields` so you can be dynamic about the field order without
> having to create additional form classes.
>
> I think the ModelAdmin form factory pattern is a pretty good one to follow.
>
> --
> George
>
> >
>
You can control the order of fields on a modelform by settings the ordering
in the fields option in the inner Meta class. That is if you set fields =
['b', 'a', 'c'] that's the same order they will apear in.
Alex
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