modelform DateField rendering as text

[Ruchit Bhatt]

models.py

    class HumanUser(AbstractUser):
        birth_date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=u"DOB")

forms.py

class profile_form(forms.ModelForm):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        kwargs.setdefault('label_suffix', '')
        super(profile_form, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        for field in self.fields:
            self.fields[field].widget.attrs.update({'class': 'form-control form-control-line', })

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = [
            'full_name',
            'birth_date',
            'mobile',
            'bio',
            'gender',
        ]

This is my code where birth_date type is showing as text instead of date in HTML..any idea why ?

<input type="text" name="birth_date" class="form-control form-control-line" id="id_birth_date" />

[Costja Covtushenko]

Hi,

Do you mean that it should be rendered like:

<input type=“date” …/>?

If so check that documentation page.

It is said that DateInput renders as type=’text’.

If you are curios why it is done in that way, please ask at: django-d...@googlegroups.com

Regards,

Constantine C.

On Jan 22, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Ruchit Bhatt <ruchitinn...@gmail.com> wrote:

forms.ModelForm

[Ruchit Bhatt]

yes, it should be
<input type=“date” …/>

ok i will check that link

[Ruchit Bhatt]

Is there any bootstrap hack to fix this ??

[Daniel Roseman]

On Tuesday, 23 January 2018 07:17:48 UTC, Ruchit Bhatt wrote:

Is there any bootstrap hack to fix this ??

You don't need a hack, you can just set the type manually:

    self.fields['birth_date'].widget.attrs['type'] = 'date'

-- 

DR.

[Ruchit Bhatt]

Hi,i tried that and got this.
Double "type" (no override).

<input type="text" name="birth_date" id="example-date-input" class="form-control form-control-line" type="date" />

[Ruchit Bhatt]

solved

forms.DateInput.input_type="date"
forms.DateTimeInput.input_type="datetime-local"