app/soc/views/helpers/forms_helpers.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:17:11 +0000
changeset 202 b8b4a83788d4
parent 54 03e267d67478
child 265 3c2994f3b85f
permissions -rw-r--r--
A key_name controller module to collect all of the name...() functions that compose Model entity key names, plus some minor changes to other controller modules to illustrate the proposed use. Patch by: Todd Larsen Review by: Pawel Solyga Review URL: http://codereviews.googleopensourceprograms.com/804 Review URL: http://codereviews.googleopensourceprograms.com/804

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Helpers used to display various views that are forms.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
  ]


from google.appengine.ext.db import djangoforms


class DbModelForm(djangoforms.ModelForm):
  """Subclass of Django ModelForm that fixes some label and help_text issues.

  The default behavior of ModelForm is to use the verbose_name in all
  lowercase, capitalizing only the first character, as the displayed field
  label.  This class uses verbose_name unaltered as the visible field label
  instead.

  The Property classes used by the App Engine Datastore do not have a
  help_text parameter to their constructor.  In a Model class, a help_text
  attribute *can* be added to the property after it is created, but the
  help text will not be automatically passed along to the Django ModelForm.
  This class detects the presence of a help_text attribute and adds it to
  the corresponding form field object.

  ugettext_lazy() proxies used for internationalization in the Model will
  still work correctly with this new behavior, as long as the original
  strings are used as the translation keys.
  """

  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    """Fixes label and help_text issues after parent initialization.

    Args:
      *args, **kwargs:  passed through to parent __init__() constructor
    """
    super(DbModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    for field_name in self.fields.iterkeys():
      # Since fields can be added only to the ModelForm subclass, check to
      # see if the Model has a corresponding field first.
      if hasattr(self.Meta.model, field_name):
        model_prop = getattr(self.Meta.model, field_name)

        # Check if the Model property defined verbose_name, and copy that
        # verbatim to the corresponding field label.
        if hasattr(model_prop, 'verbose_name'):
          self.fields[field_name].label = model_prop.verbose_name

        # Check if the Model property added help_text, and copy that verbatim
        # to the corresponding field help_text.
        if hasattr(model_prop, 'help_text'):
          self.fields[field_name].help_text = model_prop.help_text