I want it to be possible to be changed. But I also want the initial selection
to be the current user.
So this isn't really a solution. Thanks anyway.
On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:27 AM, esatterwh...@wi.rr.com wrote:
> 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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