in your IncidentForm definition set reporter to a ModelChoiceField
(User.objects.all(), widget=forms.HiddenInput())
then it should work out ok. I usually hide fk fields to a user if i
want the current request.user object, because I don't want to allow
the possibility for it to be changed.
On Nov 25, 10:32 pm, Todd Blanchard <tblanch...@mac.com> wrote:
> I have a (simplified) model
>
> class Incident(models.Model):
> title = models.CharField(max_length=128)
> when_reported = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
> reporter = models.ForeignKey(User)
>
> Where User is from auth. When used with a ModelForm, this creates a popup
> button with a list of users. I want it to default to the currently logged in
> user so in my view I have:
>
> def new_incident(request):
> form = IncidentForm(initial={
> 'reporter': request.user,
> 'title': 'New Incident',
> 'when_reported' : datetime.now(),
> })
>
> media = form.media
> return render_to_response('incidents/new.html',{'form': form, 'media':
> media},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
>
> However the popup button's selection is never set to the current logged in
> user. I have rendered the current logged in user's name elsewhere on the
> page, it is set. But the popup selector isn't getting its selection set
> right. Any tips?
>
> -Todd Blanchard
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