Set default value for dropdown in django forms
state = forms.TypedChoiceField(choices=formfields.State, initial='FIXED')As shown in documentation: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/fields/#initial
I came across this thread while looking for how to set the initial "selected" state of a Django form for a foreign key field, so I just wanted to add that you do this as follows:
models.py:
class Thread(NamedModel): topic = models.ForeignKey(Topic, on_delete=models.CASCADE) title = models.CharField(max_length=70, blank=False)forms.py:
class ThreadForm(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = Thread fields = ['topic', 'title']views.py:
def createThread(request, topic_title): topic = Topic.getTopic(topic_title) threadForm = ThreadForm(initial={'topic': topic.id})...The key is setting initial={'topic': topic.id} which is not well documented in my opinion.