After successfully implementing a custom layout with CrispyForms in a form within the generic CreateView, I encountered an issue when trying to render the same layout within a forms.ModelForm. Strangely, the help_texts provided by Django are displaying properly, but the FormHelper layout is not being loaded:
class organizationForm(forms.ModelForm):
allowed_email_domains = forms.CharField(max_length=40)
owner_email = forms.EmailField(max_length=254)
owner_first_name = forms.CharField(max_length=60)
owner_last_name = forms.CharField(max_length=60)
owner_password = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput())
confirm_owner_password = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput())
class Meta:
model = Organization
fields = ['name', 'url_name', 'about_text']
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['allowed_email_domains'].help_text = 'Optionally restrict users joining your organization to certain email domains. Example input: college.edu (do not include @ symbol)'
self.fields['owner_email'].help_text = 'Email address for the owner of your organization. This user will be given all administrator rights.'
self.helper = FormHelper()
self.helper.layout = Layout(
Row(
Column('name'),
Column('url_name'),
)
)
The template used for this form is as follows:
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block content %}
<form method='post' class='mt-5'>
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form|crispy }}
</form>
{% endblock %}
Is there something fundamentally flawed in my implementation within the forms.ModelForm?