Subclass a Django Model Form and Add Extra Fields

2017-06-15T10:02:47+00:00

It’s not working anymore (Django 1.11)

2017-06-15T14:20:52+00:00

I have this code running on Django 1.11 without issue. What error are you seeing?

2017-08-20T20:50:53+00:00

i tried this code so that in my profile form i have some user fields but the problem is the changes on the user’s fields are not saved

2019-03-01T07:48:54+00:00

brilliance! this is working as expected in v2.1! Thank you!

2019-03-01T07:49:51+00:00

Brilliance! this is working as expected in v2.1! Thank you!

	from django import forms
	from app.models import User
	from app.forms.widgets import *


	class RegisterBaseForm(forms.ModelForm):

	username = forms.CharField(max_length=User._meta.get_field('username').max_length)
	email = forms.CharField(max_length=User._meta.get_field('email').max_length, widget=HTML5EmailInput())
	password = forms.CharField(min_length=6, max_length=16, widget=forms.PasswordInput())

	class Meta:
	model = User
	fields = ('username', 'email', 'password')

	from django import forms
	from base import *
	from app.models import User


	class RegisterEmailForm(RegisterBaseForm):

	first_name = forms.CharField(max_length=User._meta.get_field('first_name').max_length)
	last_name = forms.CharField(max_length=User._meta.get_field('last_name').max_length)

	class Meta(RegisterBaseForm.Meta):
	fields = RegisterBaseForm.Meta.fields + ('first_name', 'last_name')

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