[Django]-Dynamically add a placeholder to a form field

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You can set placeholder to form field dynamically:

def someview(request):
    form = SomeForm(..)

    if some_condition:
        form.fields['email'].widget.attrs['placeholder'] = instance.email

👤ndpu

[Django]-Django: How to provide context into a FormView get() method (also using request param)

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You can add any form field attributes dynamically during form initialization like this:

class MyForm(forms.Form):
    field = forms.TextField()
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        form = super(MyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        form.fields['field'].widget.attrs['placeholder']='custom_placeholder'

However, based on your description, are you sure you need placeholders or do you want the form field to be prepopulated with a certain value that will be submitted to the server unless the user changes it.

👤schacki