Dynamically adding a form to a Django formset with Ajax

Question

I want to automatically add new forms to a Django formset using Ajax, so that when the user clicks an \"add\" button it runs JavaScript that adds a new form (which is part o

Answer 1

Another cloneMore version, which allows for selective sanitization of fields. Use it when you need to prevent several fields from being erased.

$('table tr.add-row a').click(function() {
    toSanitize = new Array('id', 'product', 'price', 'type', 'valid_from', 'valid_until');
    cloneMore('div.formtable table tr.form-row:last', 'form', toSanitize);
});

function cloneMore(selector, type, sanitize) {
    var newElement = $(selector).clone(true);
    var total = $('#id_' + type + '-TOTAL_FORMS').val();
    newElement.find(':input').each(function() {
        var namePure = $(this).attr('name').replace(type + '-' + (total-1) + '-', '');
        var name = $(this).attr('name').replace('-' + (total-1) + '-','-' + total + '-');
        var id = 'id_' + name;
        $(this).attr({'name': name, 'id': id}).removeAttr('checked');

        if ($.inArray(namePure, sanitize) != -1) {
            $(this).val('');
        }

    });
    newElement.find('label').each(function() {
        var newFor = $(this).attr('for').replace('-' + (total-1) + '-','-' + total + '-');
        $(this).attr('for', newFor);
    });
    total++;
    $('#id_' + type + '-TOTAL_FORMS').val(total);
    $(selector).after(newElement);
}