Define css class in django Forms

Question

Assume I have a form

class SampleClass(forms.Form):
    name = forms.CharField(max_length=30)
    age = forms.IntegerField()
    django_hacker = forms.Boolea         


        

Answer 1

In case that you want to add a class to a form's field in a template (not in view.py or form.py) for example in cases that you want to modify 3rd party apps without overriding their views, then a template filter as described in Charlesthk answer is very convenient. But in this answer the template filter overrides any existing classes that the field might has.

I tried to add this as an edit but it was suggested to be written as a new answer.

So, here is a template tag that respects the existing classes of the field:

from django import template

register = template.Library()


@register.filter(name='addclass')
def addclass(field, given_class):
    existing_classes = field.field.widget.attrs.get('class', None)
    if existing_classes:
        if existing_classes.find(given_class) == -1:
            # if the given class doesn't exist in the existing classes
            classes = existing_classes + ' ' + given_class
        else:
            classes = existing_classes
    else:
        classes = given_class
    return field.as_widget(attrs={"class": classes})