Haystack custom form fields not showing in template

Question

I want to add an extra field to Haystack form, but for some reason, the form output in template isn't working.

Instead of displaying extra field, I get some weird template with model select fields. All I want is a single q input and an extra field for author.

forms.py

from django import forms
from haystack.forms import HighlightedSearchForm

class QuestionSearchForm(HighlightedSearchForm):
    author = forms.CharField(max_length = 100, required = False)

views.py

# Create your views here.
from haystack.generic_views import SearchView
from search.forms import QuestionSearchForm


class QuestionSearchView(SearchView):
    form_class = QuestionSearchForm
    template_name = 'search/search.html'

search/search.html

<form method="get" class="form-inline" action=".">
    <div>
        {{ form.as_p }}
        <input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Najdi"/>
    </div>
</form>

Output:

Thanks!

Answer 1

I believe template_name should be template in your views.py.

Take a look at the default class SearchView on the haystack Github page.