Get type of Django form widget from within template

Question

I\'m iterating through the fields of a form and for certain fields I want a slightly different layout, requiring altered HTML.

To do this accurately, I just need to

Answer 1

Following up on the accepted answer - the enhanced if tag in Django 1.2 allows you to use filters in if tag comparisons. So you could now do your custom html/logic in the template like so:

{% for field in form.fields %}
  

    {% if field.field.widget|klass == "Textarea" %}
    
    
Text Areas are Special 
    {% else %}      
      {{ field.errors }}
      {{ field.label_tag }}
      {{ field }}
    {% endif %}

  
{% endfor %}