I want to format my modelforms with bootstrap, and without any additional packages (just using the bootstrap source files). A particular form that I want configured:
class FoodForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Food
fields = ['name', 'company']
exclude = ('user', 'edit')
The 'name' is a text field I'd want to be a bootstrap text field, and 'company' is a selection field (from a foreign key) that I'd want to be a bootstrap dropdown.
The current setup of the form template:
{% extends "mainsite/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<form method="POST" class="post-form">{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
</form>
</form>
{% endblock %}
What's best practice for formatting any django modelform field into bootstrap?
The trick to bootstrap fields is injecting the form-control class into each field, and making sure each field lives inside a form-group dom element. To inject that class into each one of your fields, you could so something like:
class FoodForm(forms.ModelForm):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(FoodForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
for field in iter(self.fields):
self.fields[field].widget.attrs.update({
'class': 'form-control'
})
Now, in your django template you can iterate through your forms fields, placing each one into a bootstrap'd form-group. For example:
<form method="POST" class="post-form">
{% for field in form %}
<div class="form-group">
{{ field }}
</div>
{% endfor %}
</form>
I'll also say that this setup (Django + Bootstrap) is super common now adays, so googling "Bootstrap forms with django" should yield a wealth of knowledge on customizing this even further. Good luck!
Simply use Django Crispy Forms
It is fairly easy and straight forward
