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how can i check if a field is a textarea

I know about the form field method is_checkbox that is used to check if a field of a given django form is a checkbox or not. Is there any method to check if the field is a textarea?

i have tried doing this:

{% if field.is_textarea %}

but this does not seem to work.

Solution

  • You should do something like:

    {% if field.widget...... %}

    The widget is responsible for the rendering, not the field it self.

    Example to check it in the shell:

    from django import forms
from django.forms import widgets

class ContactForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(max_length=100, widget=widgets.Textarea)

f = ContactForm()
f.fields['text'].widget

<django.forms.widgets.Textarea object at 0x218ccd0>