[Django]-Django Inline Formset to edit one value via ManyToMany

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If you want the entry to be a text field, you can add a custom field to your ModelForm, and make sure the default field is not shown by explicitly identifying which fields should be shown:

class WordForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Word
        hidden = ('language', )
        fields = ('word',)
    entries = forms.CharField()

Your form validation logic should be like this:

for form in formset:
    obj = form.save(commit=False)
    obj.language = # select the language here
    obj.save()

    entry = Entries.objects.get_or_create(entry=form.cleaned_fields['entries'])
    obj.entries.add(entry)
    obj.save()

Keep in mind with this implementation, you can’t edit fields using this form (since the character field will always be empty when the form is rendered).

👤Burhan Khalid

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