You can also do that by overriding the form's __init__ :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/324477/in-a-django-form-how-to-make-a-field-readonly-or-disabled-so-that-it-cannot-be
You can pass the user to init and disable fields depending on that
parameter.
- Paulo
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Thierry Chich <thierry.ch...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Le samedi 20 mars 2010 16:05:20, Peter Reimer a écrit :
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I'm looking for a way to get the following done:
> > Depending on different things (user, groups, rights, etc.) I want to
> > show a form with fields that can either be changed or not. For
> > example, a form with two fields for name and hobby, an admin can
> > change both fields, a normal user can only change hobby.
> >
> > One solution that came to mind: Create a form for both groups and
> > exclude in the user's form the fields, he mustn't change. But I want
> > two things:
> > 1. Show the read-only values at the position where the admin sees the
> > writeable fields because a user can be an admin (at another place) and
> > it would be confusing to have different positions here and there.
> > 2. Have something reusable: E.g. form = MySpecialForm(deactivated =
> > [name]).
> >
> > I checked to docu and googled around, not only some minutes... and
> > found nothing.
> > Has somebody here a hint for me? I don't want a solution, I'm thankful
> > for some little hints.
> >
>
> I am not sure, but for me, you should have something like
> <input type=text READONLY value='Do not touch'>
> If you want it appear only when you give rights, you could put a condition
> in
> the template
> <input type=text {% if not user.has_perm() %} READONLY {%endif%} value='Do
> not
> touch if you can't'>
>
> I don't know if it answer to your question or if you think at something
> more
> complex.
>
> Thierry
> > Thanks & have a nice weekend
> > Peter
> >
>
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