How to override form field in CreateView

Question

In model form I can override form field like so

class waypointForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
        super(waypointFor         


        

Answer 1

To use your model form in your view, set form_class. In your case, you need to override get_form_kwargs as well, so that you can pass user to the form.

def CreateWaypointView(CreateView):
    ...
    form_class = WaypointForm

    def get_form_kwargs(self):
        kwargs = super(CreateWaypointView, self).get_form_kwargs()
        kwargs['user'] = self.request.user
        return kwargs