Within a template distinguish between create and update form

Question

If the CreateView and UpdateView are using the same template \"model_form.html\" then within the template how would I differentiate if I am creating or updating a form?

Answer 1

add this function in your both CreateView and UpdateView class:

# For Create
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        kwargs['naming'] = 'Create'
        context = super(CLASSNAME, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        return context

# For Update
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        kwargs['naming'] = 'Update'
        context = super(CLASSNAME, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        return context

then reference those in your template with {{ naming }}

example

{{ naming }}