How do I set custom HTML attributes in django forms?
You can change the widget on the CharField to achieve the effect you are looking for.
search_input = forms.CharField(_(u'Search word'), required=False)search_input.widget = forms.TextInput(attrs={'size': 10, 'title': 'Search',})
You can also try this:
search_input = forms.CharField( _(u'Search word'), required=False, widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'size': 10, 'title': 'Search',}))This is documented in the section entitled Styling widget instances.
Old question, but for who-ever is looking for another alternative, there's also this:https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/forms/modelforms/#overriding-the-default-fields
You can do something like this:
from django.forms import ModelForm, Textareafrom myapp.models import Authorclass AuthorForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = Author fields = ('name', 'title', 'birth_date') widgets = { 'name': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 80, 'rows': 20}), }