How to render formset in template django and create vertical table?

django, django-forms, django-templates

Solution

I was having trouble with this too but managed to get it to work with some help from https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/?from=olddocs#displaying-a-form-using-a-template

Anyways, this is what you can try for the template, it basically iterates through each of the forms:

<table>
    <thead>
        {% for form in Formset.forms %}
            {% if forloop.first %}
                {% for field in form %}
                    <th>{{ field.label_tag }}</th>
                {% endfor %}
            {% endif %}
    </thead>
    <tbody>
            <tr>
                {% for field in form %}
                    <td>{{ field }}</td>
                {% endfor %}
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
    </tbody>
</table>

Hope that helps! Not sure if it's the best way to do it, but it worked!

Problem

How to create this table used formset and extra=3? Table: ``` | my name first column | second column | third column | fourth column | | formset1.field1.label | formset1.field1 | formset2.field1 | formset3.field1 | | formset1.field2.label | formset1.field2 | formset2.field2 | formset3.field2 | | formset1.field3.label | formset1.field3 | formset2.field3 | formset3.field3 | | formset1.field4.label | formset1.field4 | formset2.field4 | formset3.field4 | ``` In view I create standard formset: ``` def my_view(request, id_object): getobject = get_object_or_404(Model, id=id_object) FormSetInit = inlineformset_factory(Model, Model2, form=FormModel2, extra=3) FormSet = FormSetInit(instance=getobject, prefix='model2') response = {} response['Formset'] = FormSet return render_to_response('my_template.html', response) ``` In template 'my_template.html' i try used this: ``` <table> {% for form in Formset %} {% if forloop.counter == 1 %} {% for field in form %} {% if forloop.counter < 8 %} <tr> <td class="first">{{ field.label }}</td> <td>{{ field }}</td> <td>{{ field }}</td> <td class="last">{{ field }}</td> {% if forloop.counter != 7 %} </tr> {% endif %} {% else %} {{ field }} {% if forloop.last %} </tr> {% endif %} {% endif %} {% endfor %} {% endif %} {% endfor %} </table> ``` But this not a good idea.. :/

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