Setting initial Django form field value in the __init__ method

Question

Django 1.6

I have a working block of code in a Django form class as shown below. The data set from which I\'m building the form field list can include an initial val

Answer 1

This works:

class BarForm(forms.ModelForm):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['state'] = forms.ChoiceField(
            required=False,
            choices=Foo.ADDRESS_STATE_CHOICES,
            disabled='disabled',
            initial='xyz',
        )

    state = forms.ChoiceField(
        label='State',
        choices=Foo.ADDRESS_STATE_CHOICES,
        initial='foo',
    )