How to make the column "user" to be auto selected in a form.

[John Son]

models.py

class Post(models.Model):

    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)

    body = models.TextField()

    user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, blank=True, null=True)

    date = models.DateField(default=datetime.now, blank=True)

    text_author = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True, blank=True)

forms.py

class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):

    class Meta:

        model = Post

        fields = ("title", "body", "user", "text_author")

views.py

def create_Post(request):

    form = PostForm(request.POST or None)

    if form.is_valid():

        instance = form.save(commit=False)

        instance.save()

        return HttpResponseRedirect (instance.get_absolute_url())

    context = {

        "form": form,

    }

    return render(request, 'blog/create.html', context)

As shown in attached image, the user has to select themselves from list of users before they can submit their post.(which doesn't make sense). I want the form to know which user is writing the form(assuming they are logged in) so the user doesn't have to identify themselves before they submit their post. I'm guessing I need to edit my models.py but I have no idea. Please Help.

Thank you.

[Mikhailo Keda]

you need to set initial in admin.py for this field, check this example - https://bitbucket.org/voron-raven/maps/src/004eaa07612fd44b398dfdc61b5f9cb29ad23668/core/admin.py#lines-39

if it's not admin page - you need to pass initial to your Model form - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/forms/modelforms/#providing-initial-values