If I defined a form field to be readonly using code like this: somefield = models.CharField( widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}) ) how do I access the ‘readonly’ attribute in the Django template for the field, assuming I iterate over the fields in the form, like this: {% for…

Django Template Readonly Form Field

mc613 July 8, 2021, 5:28pm 2

I think I found it:

{% field.field.widget.attrs.readonly %}

Solved!

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