Set initial value to modelform in class based generic views

python django django-forms django-views django-class-based-views

You should define a get_initial method which returns a dictionary that contains the initial values:

class IncidentUpdateView(UpdateView):    def get_initial(self):        return { 'value1': 'foo', 'value2': 'bar' }

Alternatively, you can define an initial value:

class IncidentUpdateView(UpdateView):    initial = { 'value1': 'foo', 'value2': 'bar' }

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