python - Django widget override template

Question

I am new at django.

I want to create a custom widget.

forms.py:

from project.widgets import MultiChoiceFilterWidget

class CustomSearchForm(FacetedSearchForm):
    TEST_COLORS = [
        u"Blau", u"Rot", u"Gelb"
    ]

    color = forms.MultipleChoiceField(
        label=_("Color"), choices=[(x, x) for x in TEST_COLORS],
        widget=MultiChoiceFilterWidget, required=False)

widget.py:

class MultiChoiceFilterWidget(forms.widgets.CheckboxSelectMultiple):
    template_name = 'project/widgets/filter.html'
    option_template_name = 'ptoject/widgets/filter_option.html'

project/widgets/filter.html:

 <h1>TEST</h1>

But it doesn't render the new template, instead it still renders the old way.

Can you give me some tips?

Answer 1

You will have to do the below steps to render your new widget template:

1) Add 'django.forms' to your INSTALLED_APPS;

2) Add FORM_RENDERER = 'django.forms.renderers.TemplatesSetting' to your settings.py.

More details : https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/forms/renderers/#django.forms.renderers.TemplatesSetting