[Solved]-How to hide a field in django modelform?

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You can use HiddenInput as ref1 widget:

class TestModelForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = TestModel
        widgets = {
            'ref1': forms.HiddenInput(),
        }

Another option is saving form with commit argument equal False. This way you can include only visible fields in form and then update model instance with needed data:

def some_view(request):
    # ...
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = TestModelForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            instance = form.save(commit=False)
            ref = get_ref_according_to_url()
            instance.ref1 = ref
            instance.save()
            # ...
👤ndpu

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NOTE: I am using (Django 3.2)

I tried to add a widget and it did not work for me, but I solved it in a simpler way without using widgets.

class TestModelForm(ModelForm):
    ref1 = forms.CharField (widget = forms.Textarea(
        attrs = {
            'hidden': '',
        }
    ))

I hope this helps you or others 😉

👤Yousif Al-Zoubi

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