How does Django Know the Order to Render Form Fields?

Question

If I have a Django form such as:

class ContactForm(forms.Form):
    subject = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
    message = forms.CharField()
    sender = fo         


        

Answer 1

As of Django 1.7 forms use OrderedDict which does not support the append operator. So you have to rebuild the dictionary from scratch...

class ChecklistForm(forms.ModelForm):

  class Meta:
    model = Checklist
    fields = ['name', 'email', 'website']

  def __init__(self, guide, *args, **kwargs):
    self.guide = guide
    super(ChecklistForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    new_fields = OrderedDict()
    for tier, tasks in guide.tiers().items():
      questions = [(t['task'], t['question']) for t in tasks if 'question' in t]
      new_fields[tier.lower()] = forms.MultipleChoiceField(
        label=tier,
        widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple(),
        choices=questions,
        help_text='desired set of site features'
      )

    new_fields['name'] = self.fields['name']
    new_fields['email'] = self.fields['email']
    new_fields['website'] = self.fields['website']
    self.fields = new_fields