Django read-only field

Question

How to set read-only field in Django form? I know how to disable a field, but that is not what I am looking for. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

When defining Field you can use the optional attrs parameter. To wit:

 somefield = forms.CharField( widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}) ) 

Answer 2

In django 1.9, in the available Field.disabled attribute: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/forms/fields/#disabled

A disabled boolean argument, when set to True, disables the form field using the disabled HTML attribute so that it is not editable by users. Even if the user discards the value of the fields sent to the server, it will be ignored in favor of the value from the original form data.

otherwise

use widget attribute 'readonly'

 class PatientForm(forms.ModelForm): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(PatientForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.fields['field'].widget.attrs['readonly'] = True class Meta: model = Patient 

Answer 3

In Django 1.9+ :

 somefield = forms.CharField(disabled=True)