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Added a few Sphinx directives to the form API and template API docs.
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The Forms API
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=============
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.. module:: django.forms.forms
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.. currentmodule:: django.forms
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.. admonition:: About this document
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@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ A :class:`Form` instance is either **bound** to a set of data, or **unbound**.
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* If it's **unbound**, it cannot do validation (because there's no data to
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validate!), but it can still render the blank form as HTML.
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.. class:: Form
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To create an unbound :class:`Form` instance, simply instantiate the class::
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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.. attribute:: Form.initial
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Use ``initial`` to declare the initial value of form fields at runtime. For
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example, you might want to fill in a ``username`` field with the username of the
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current session.
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Use :attr:`~Form.initial` to declare the initial value of form fields at
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runtime. For example, you might want to fill in a ``username`` field with the
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username of the current session.
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To accomplish this, use the ``initial`` argument to a ``Form``. This argument,
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if given, should be a dictionary mapping field names to initial values. Only
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include the fields for which you're specifying an initial value; it's not
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necessary to include every field in your form. For example::
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To accomplish this, use the :attr:`~Form.initial` argument to a :class:`Form`.
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This argument, if given, should be a dictionary mapping field names to initial
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values. Only include the fields for which you're specifying an initial value;
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it's not necessary to include every field in your form. For example::
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>>> f = ContactForm(initial={'subject': 'Hi there!'})
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These values are only displayed for unbound forms, and they're not used as
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fallback values if a particular value isn't provided.
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Note that if a ``Field`` defines ``initial`` *and* you include ``initial`` when
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instantiating the ``Form``, then the latter ``initial`` will have precedence. In
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this example, ``initial`` is provided both at the field level and at the form
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instance level, and the latter gets precedence::
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Note that if a :class:`~django.forms.fields.Field` defines
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:attr:`~Form.initial` *and* you include ``initial`` when instantiating the
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``Form``, then the latter ``initial`` will have precedence. In this example,
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``initial`` is provided both at the field level and at the form instance level,
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and the latter gets precedence::
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>>> class CommentForm(forms.Form):
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... name = forms.CharField(initial='class')
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@ -166,20 +171,21 @@ instance level, and the latter gets precedence::
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Accessing "clean" data
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----------------------
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Each ``Field`` in a ``Form`` class is responsible not only for validating data,
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but also for "cleaning" it -- normalizing it to a consistent format. This is a
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nice feature, because it allows data for a particular field to be input in
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.. attribute:: Form.cleaned_data
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Each field in a :class:`Form` class is responsible not only for validating
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data, but also for "cleaning" it -- normalizing it to a consistent format. This
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is a nice feature, because it allows data for a particular field to be input in
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a variety of ways, always resulting in consistent output.
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For example, ``DateField`` normalizes input into a Python ``datetime.date``
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object. Regardless of whether you pass it a string in the format
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``'1994-07-15'``, a ``datetime.date`` object or a number of other formats,
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``DateField`` will always normalize it to a ``datetime.date`` object as long as
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it's valid.
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For example, :class:`~django.forms.DateField` normalizes input into a
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Python ``datetime.date`` object. Regardless of whether you pass it a string in
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the format ``'1994-07-15'``, a ``datetime.date`` object, or a number of other
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formats, ``DateField`` will always normalize it to a ``datetime.date`` object
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as long as it's valid.
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Once you've created a ``Form`` instance with a set of data and validated it,
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you can access the clean data via the ``cleaned_data`` attribute of the ``Form``
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object::
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Once you've created a :class:`~Form` instance with a set of data and validated
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it, you can access the clean data via its ``cleaned_data`` attribute::
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>>> data = {'subject': 'hello',
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... 'message': 'Hi there',
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@ -322,49 +328,56 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
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``as_p()``
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~~~~~~~~~~
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``Form.as_p()`` renders the form as a series of ``<p>`` tags, with each ``<p>``
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containing one field::
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.. method:: Form.as_p
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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>>> f.as_p()
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u'<p><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>\n<p><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></p>\n<p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>\n<p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></p>'
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>>> print f.as_p()
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<p><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
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<p><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></p>
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<p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>
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<p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></p>
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``as_p()`` renders the form as a series of ``<p>`` tags, with each ``<p>``
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containing one field::
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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>>> f.as_p()
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u'<p><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>\n<p><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></p>\n<p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>\n<p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></p>'
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>>> print f.as_p()
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<p><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
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<p><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></p>
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<p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>
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<p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></p>
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``as_ul()``
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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``Form.as_ul()`` renders the form as a series of ``<li>`` tags, with each
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``<li>`` containing one field. It does *not* include the ``<ul>`` or ``</ul>``,
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so that you can specify any HTML attributes on the ``<ul>`` for flexibility::
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.. method:: Form.as_ul
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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>>> f.as_ul()
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u'<li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>'
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>>> print f.as_ul()
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<li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
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<li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>
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<li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>
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<li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>
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``as_ul()`` renders the form as a series of ``<li>`` tags, with each
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``<li>`` containing one field. It does *not* include the ``<ul>`` or
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``</ul>``, so that you can specify any HTML attributes on the ``<ul>`` for
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flexibility::
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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>>> f.as_ul()
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u'<li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>'
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>>> print f.as_ul()
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<li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
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<li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>
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<li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>
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<li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>
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``as_table()``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Finally, ``Form.as_table()`` outputs the form as an HTML ``<table>``. This is
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exactly the same as ``print``. In fact, when you ``print`` a form object, it
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calls its ``as_table()`` method behind the scenes::
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.. method:: Form.as_table
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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>>> f.as_table()
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u'<tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>'
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>>> print f.as_table()
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<tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
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<tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>
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<tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>
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<tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>
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Finally, ``as_table()`` outputs the form as an HTML ``<table>``. This is
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exactly the same as ``print``. In fact, when you ``print`` a form object,
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it calls its ``as_table()`` method behind the scenes::
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>>> f = ContactForm()
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>>> f.as_table()
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u'<tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>'
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>>> print f.as_table()
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<tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
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<tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>
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<tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>
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<tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>
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Styling required or erroneous form rows
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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class ContactForm(Form):
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error_css_class = 'error'
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required_css_class = 'required'
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# ... and the rest of your fields here
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Once you've done that, rows will be given ``"error"`` and/or ``"required"``
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classes, as needed. The HTML will look something like::
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Django has two ways to load templates from files:
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``django.template.loader.get_template(template_name)``
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.. function:: django.template.loader.get_template(template_name)
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``get_template`` returns the compiled template (a ``Template`` object) for
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the template with the given name. If the template doesn't exist, it raises
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``django.template.TemplateDoesNotExist``.
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``django.template.loader.select_template(template_name_list)``
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.. function:: django.template.loader.select_template(template_name_list)
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``select_template`` is just like ``get_template``, except it takes a list
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of template names. Of the list, it returns the first template that exists.
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