[Solved]-Override Django widgets default templates

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It looks like this was a problem in Django 1.11.

Django widget template override does not search in the project template directory. How to fix?

This is somewhat annoying. It is fixed by changing your settings. So your main site has to have these settings.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django.forms',
    ...
]

FORM_RENDERER = 'django.forms.renderers.TemplatesSetting'

Unfortunately, you cannot automate this by one of your installed apps. If an installed app overrides django template widgets it needs to be documented and users have to add this code in their site settings.

You don’t need to change anything in the “TEMPLATES” setting. Here is what my TEMPLATES looks like for reference.

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]
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