Django, ModelChoiceField() and initial value

Question

I\'m using something like this:

field1 = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=...)

How can I make my form show the a value as selected?

Answer 1

You could do this as well:

form = YourForm(initial = {'field1': pk })

if you are parsing your primary key through a query string or via an ajax call no need for an instance, the query set has already handled that for your drop down, the pk indexes the state you want