Field

Base class: Part

Class that describes a field, i.e. what input controls to render, the label, etc.

See Form for more complete examples.

The life cycle of the data is:

1. raw_data: will be set if the corresponding key is present in the HTTP request

2. parsed_data: set if parsing is successful, which only happens if the previous step succeeded

3. value: set if validation is successful, which only happens if the previous step succeeded

Note that, in addition to the parameters with the defined behavior below, you can pass in any keyword argument you need yourself, including callables that conform to the protocol, and they will be added and evaluated as members.

All these parameters can be callables, and if they are, will be evaluated with the keyword arguments form and field. The only exceptions are is_valid (which gets form, field and parsed_data), render_value (which takes form, field and value) and parse (which gets form, field, string_value). Example of using a lambda to specify a value:

Field(attrs__id=lambda form, field: 'my_id_%s' % field._name)

Refinable members

• after

  Set the order of columns, see the howto for an example.

  Type: Union[int, str]

  HOWTO: How do I change the order of the fields?

• assets

  Type: Namespace

• attr

  The attribute path to apply or get the data from. For example using foo__bar__baz will result in your_instance.foo.bar.baz will be set by the apply() function. Defaults to same as name

  Type: str

• attrs

  A dict containing any custom html attributes to be sent to the input__template.

  Type: Attrs

  HOWTO: How do I customize HTML attributes, CSS classes or CSS style specifications?

• choice_display_name_formatter

  Callback given the keyword argument choice in addition to standard parameters, to obtain the display name representing a given choice to the end user. Default implementation will use str(choice)

  Type: Callable[..., str]

• choice_id_formatter

  Callback given the keyword argument choice in addition to standard parameters, to obtain the string value to represent the identity of a given choice. Default implementation will use str(choice)

  Type: Callable[..., str]

• choice_to_optgroup

  Type: Union[Callable[..., Union[str, NoneType]], NoneType]

• choice_to_option

  DEPRECATED: Callback to generate the choice data given a choice value. It will get the keyword arguments form, field and choice. It should return a 4-tuple: (choice, internal_value, display_name, is_selected) It is deprecated since it was too complicated and did too much, and has been replaced with choice_id_formatter and choice_display_name_formatter.

  Type: Callable[..., Tuple[Any, str, str, bool]]

• choices

  Type: Callable[..., List[Any]]

• display_name

  The text in the HTML label tag. Default: capitalize(name).replace('_', ' ')

  Type: str

• editable

  Default: True

  Type: bool

  HOWTO: How do I make a field non-editable?

• empty_choice_tuple

  Type: Tuple[Any, str, str, bool]

• empty_label

  Type: str

• endpoints

  Type: Namespace

• errors

  Type: Errors

• extra

  Type: Dict[str, Any]

• extra_evaluated

  Type: Dict[str, Any]

• help

  Type: Fragment

• help_text

  The help text will be grabbed from the django model if specified and available.

• include

  Type: bool

• initial

  Initial value of the field

  Type: Any

  HOWTO: How do I supply a custom initial value?

• input

  Type: Fragment

  HOWTO: How do I override rendering of the input field?

• iommi_style

  Type: str

• is_boolean

  Type: bool

• is_list

  Interpret request data as a list (can NOT be a callable). Default: False`

  Type: bool

• is_valid

  validation function. Should return a tuple of (bool, reason_for_failure_if_bool_is_false) or raise ValidationError. Default: lambda form, field, parsed_data: (True, '')

  HOWTO: How do I supply a custom validator?

• label

  Type: Fragment

• model

  Type: Type[django.db.models.base.Model]

• model_field

• model_field_name

• non_editable_input

  Type: Fragment

• parse

  Parse function. Default just returns the string input unchanged: lambda form, field, string_value: string_value. This function can raise ValueError or ValidationError to produce a field error message.

  HOWTO: How do I supply a custom parser for a field?

• parse_empty_string_as_none

  Type: bool

• parsed_data

  Type: Any

• post_validation

• raw_data

  Type: str

• read_from_instance

  Callback to retrieve value from edited instance. Invoked with parameters field and instance.

• render_value

  Render the parsed and validated value into a string. Default just converts to unicode: lambda form, field, value: unicode(value)

• required

  If the field is a required field. Default: True

  Type: bool

  HOWTO: How do I set if a field is required?

• search_fields

  HOWTO: How do I specify which model fields the search of a choice_queryset use?

• strip_input

  Runs the input data through standard python .strip() before passing it to the parse function (can NOT be callable). Default: True

  Type: bool

• tag

  Type: str

• template

  django template filename for the entire row. Normally you shouldn’t need to override on this level. Prefer overriding input__template, label__template or error__template as needed.

  Type: Union[str, iommi._web_compat.Template]

  HOWTO: How do I override rendering of an entire field?

• write_to_instance

  Callback to write value to instance. Invoked with parameters field, instance and value.

Defaults

• choice_display_name_formatter

  • lambda choice, **_: '%s' % choice

• choice_id_formatter

  • lambda choice, **_: '%s' % choice

• editable

  • True

• endpoints__config__func

  • iommi.form.default_endpoints__config

• endpoints__validate__func

  • iommi.form.default_endpoints__validate

• help__call_target

  • iommi.fragment.Fragment

• input__attrs__id

  • iommi.form.default_input_id

• input__attrs__name

  • lambda field, **_: field.iommi_path

• input__call_target

  • iommi.fragment.Fragment

• input__extra__placeholder

  • ""

• is_boolean

  • False

• is_list

  • False

• label__attrs__for

  • iommi.form.default_input_id

• label__call_target

  • iommi.fragment.Fragment

• non_editable_input__attrs__type

  • None

• non_editable_input__call_target

  • iommi.fragment.Fragment

• parse_empty_string_as_none

  • True

• required

  • True

• strip_input

  • True

Shortcuts

boolean

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.bool_parse

• required

  • False

• is_boolean

  • True

boolean_tristate

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • choice

• choices

  • [True, False]

• choice_id_formatter

  • lambda choice, **_: 'true' if choice else 'false'

• choice_display_name_formatter

  • lambda choice, **_: gettext('Yes') if choice else gettext('No')

• parse

  • iommi.form.boolean_tristate__parse

• required

  • False

choice

Shortcut for single choice field. If required is false it will automatically add an option first with the value ‘’ and the title ‘—’. To override that text pass in the parameter empty_label.

param choice_to_option

callable with three arguments: form, field, choice. Convert from a choice object to a tuple of (choice, value, label, selected), the last three for the <option> element

Defaults

• required

  • True

• is_list

  • False

• empty_label

  • ---

• is_valid

  • iommi.form.choice_is_valid

• input__attrs__multiple

  • lambda field, **_: True if field.is_list else None

• parse

  • iommi.form.choice_parse

choice_queryset

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • choice

• parse

  • iommi.form.choice_queryset__parse

• choice_id_formatter

  • lambda choice, **_: choice.pk

• endpoints__choices__func

  • iommi.form.choice_queryset__endpoint_handler

• is_valid

  • iommi.form.choice_queryset__is_valid

• extra__filter_and_sort

  • iommi.form.choice_queryset__extra__filter_and_sort

• extra__model_from_choices

  • iommi.form.choice_queryset__extra__model_from_choices

date

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.date_parse

• render_value

  • iommi.form.date_render_value

datetime

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.datetime_parse

• render_value

  • iommi.form.datetime_render_value

decimal

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.decimal_parse

email

Defaults

• input__attrs__type

  • email

• parse

  • iommi.form.email_parse

file

Defaults

• input__attrs__type

  • file

• raw_data

  • iommi.form.file__raw_data

• write_to_instance

  • iommi.form.file_write_to_instance

float

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.float_parse

foreign_key

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • choice_queryset

heading

Defaults

• editable

  • False

• attr

  • None

hidden

Defaults

• input__attrs__type

  • hidden

• attrs__style__display

  • none

image

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • file

• template

  • iommi/form/image_row.html

info

Shortcut to create an info entry.

Defaults

• editable

  • False

• attr

  • None

integer

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.int_parse

many_to_many

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • multi_choice_queryset

multi_choice

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • choice

• is_list

  • True

multi_choice_queryset

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • choice_queryset

• is_list

  • True

password

Defaults

• input__attrs__type

  • password

phone_number

Defaults

• is_valid

  • iommi.form.phone_number_is_valid

radio

Defaults

• call_target__attribute

  • choice

• input__attrs__id

  • None

• extra_evaluated__id

  • iommi.form.default_input_id

text

Defaults

• input__attrs__type

  • text

textarea

Defaults

• input__tag

  • textarea

• input__attrs__type

  • None

• input__attrs__value

  • None

• input__attrs__readonly

  • lambda field, **_: True if field.editable is False else None

• input__children__text

  • lambda field, **_: field.rendered_value

time

Defaults

• parse

  • iommi.form.time_parse

• render_value

  • iommi.form.time_render_value

url

Defaults

• input__attrs__type

  • url

• parse

  • iommi.form.url_parse