Django Forms, set an initial value to request.user

Question

Is there some way to make the following possible, or should it be done elsewhere?

class JobRecordForm(forms.ModelForm):
    supervisor = forms.ModelChoiceField(
         


        

Answer 1

For a complete answer, here's the CBV solution:

class MyFormView(TemplateView, FormMixin):
    def get_initial(self):
        self.initial.update({'your_field': self.request.user})
        return super(MyFormView, self).get_initial()