I’m looking to use the django template tag like this: {% with items=['item1', 'item2', 'item3'] %} <ul> {% for item in items %} <li>{{ item }}</li> {% endfor %} </ul> {% endwith %} But Django can’t seem to parse this. Is there a reason why this is not allowed? Or is there an altern…

[image] htao: Is there a reason why this is not allowed? Yes, the Django template language is not designed nor intended as a complete programming language. The expectation is that data elements will be defined in the views and passed to the template through the context. [image] htao: Or …

Hi Ken, thanks for the quick reply. I’m trying to build flexible and reusable form components like this (using bootstrap5 classes): test_component.html: {% for item in items %} <div class="form-check form-check-inline"> <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="{{item}}" value="{{it…

I guess in general, I would be taking a different approach. From where I sit, that just looks like a form field widget being rendered, and so the fundamentals for this would be the template being rendered for a form field using a custom widget. In the general case, I would assume the items to be re…

Hi Ken, let’s assume the items to be rendered is not available in the view, I’m not sure to be honest. For example, if the form is for a json field and could change quite often depending on the situation. In this case then, would it still make sense to make many different views with a different item…

You wrote: [image] htao: I’m trying to build flexible and reusable form components like this (using bootstrap5 classes): They exist already as form and widget classes. Adding bootstrap5 into the mix is an issue of changing attributes of the rendered elements. What Django provides as templat…

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