Django Form ChoiceField, initial not working

[Sector7B]

Hi, i have a simple form:
class StoreLocationHoursForm(BForm):
location = forms.ChoiceField(required=True)
day = forms.ChoiceField(choices=bagit_constants.dow,required=True)
time_open_hours =
forms.ChoiceField(choices=constants.hours,required=True)
time_open_minutes =
forms.ChoiceField(choices=constants.minutes,required=True)
time_close_hours =
forms.ChoiceField(choices=constants.hours,required=True)
time_close_minutes =
forms.ChoiceField(choices=constants.minutes,required=True)

there can be many locations, so in my view i loop through them to
create a list of tuples to provide a choices list for location:
Log Output of the list when im done:sl_list= [('-', 'Choose
Location'), (u'Super City', u'901 PHILADELPHIA STREET')]

the code i use to set initial is the following:

form = StoreLocationHoursForm(initial={"location":sl_list})

However my select is empty when it renders the HTML.

Thanks for the help in advance,

j

[Sævar Öfjörð]

I think you should provide your choices in the form field, not when
creating an instance of the form.
The form would then be something like this:

class StoreLocationHoursForm(BForm):

sl_list= [('-', 'Choose Location'), (u'Super City', u'901
PHILADELPHIA STREET')]

location = forms.ChoiceField(choices=sl_list, required=True)
# rest of fields...

The initial keyword when creating an instance of the form is used to
select which of the choices is rendered as selected.
Haven't tested this though.

- Sævar

[wayne]

On Dec 11, 5:08 am, Sævar Öfjörð <saeva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you should provide your choices in the form field, not when
> creating an instance of the form.

Agreed. To create a dynamic form such as this, the best way would
probably be to use a custom __init__ function. In your view, when you
create your form, you can pass in a 'queryset=' argument that will do
this for you.

Wayne