Displaying forms

Django forms also help you create an HTML representation of your form. They support three different representations: as_p (as paragraph tags), as_ul (as unordered list items), and as_table (as, unsurprisingly, a table).

The template code, generated HTML code, and browser rendering for each of these representations have been summarized in the following table:

Template

Code

Output in Browser

{{ form.as_p }}
<p><label   for="id_name">Name:</label> <input type="text" name="name"   maxlength="100" required id="id_name" /></p>   
<p><label   for="id_age">Age:</label> <input type="number" name="age"   required id="id_age" /></p>   

{{ form.as_ul }}

<li><label for="id_name">Name:</label> <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="100" ...

Get Django Design Patterns and Best Practices - Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.