Adding sign on required fields in django form

[Harjot Mann]

In django form I want to add a * symbol on those fields which are
compulsory so that user can recognize from the name of the field that
this field is required field.

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[Mike Dewhirst]

On 5/12/2013 7:29pm, Harjot Mann wrote:
> In django form I want to add a * symbol on those fields which are
> compulsory so that user can recognize from the name of the field that
> this field is required field.
>

I've never done this in Django but normally I would use a CSS class. Try
looking up model field properties and if blank == False then make the
field widget nominate the "compulsory" CSS class.

I know this is nothing to do with your question but I use the following
utility function to return a verbose name. Maybe you can explore for the
value of a field's "blank" property instead of "verbose_name" ...

def verbose_name(obj, field):
return
obj.__class__()._meta.get_field_by_name('{0}'.format(field))[0].verbose_name

Good luck

Mike

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:29 AM, Harjot Mann <harjotm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In django form I want to add a * symbol on those fields which are
> compulsory so that user can recognize from the name of the field that
> this field is required field.

You could use the HTML placeholder attribute.