The following should solve your problem, using built-in template tags : <ul> <li> {% for obj in objects %} <a>{{ obj }}</a> {# if the the forloop counter is divisible by 4, close the <li> tag and open a new one #} {% if forloop.counter|divisibleby:4 %} </li> <li> {% endif %} {% endfor %} </li> … Read more
I was looking for the same answer, so figured I’d share my solution here. I wanted to override the default url template tag in django without having to use a custom template tag and load it in every template file. The goal was to replace %20 (spaces) with + (pluses). Here’s what I came up … Read more
Actually it’s go(-1). <input type=button value=”Previous Page” onClick=”javascript:history.go(-1);”>
Extending allows you to replace blocks (e.g. “content”) from a parent template instead of including parts to build the page (e.g. “header” and “footer”). This allows you to have a single template containing your complete layout and you only “insert” the content of the other template by replacing a block. If the user profile is … Read more
There is a slice filter that you can use in templates. This works exactly the same as slicing within the view. {% for new in news|slice:”:10″ %}
This was a feature request that got fixed in Django 1.3. Here’s the bug: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10427 Basically, if you’re running something after 1.3, in Django templates you can do: {{ form.field.value|default_if_none:”” }} Or in Jinja2: {{ form.field.value()|default(“”) }} Note that field.value() is a method, but in Django templates ()‘s are omitted, while in Jinja2 method calls … Read more
Making a template tag might work? Something like field.field.widget|widget_type Edit from Oli: Good point! I just wrote a filter: from django import template register = template.Library() @register.filter(‘klass’) def klass(ob): return ob.__class__.__name__ And now {{ object|klass }} renders correctly. Now I’ve just got to figure out how to use that inside a template’s if statement. Edit … Read more
It is possible and fairly simple. Django only allows one argument to your filter, but there’s no reason you can’t put all your arguments into a single string using a comma to separate them. So for example, if you want a filter that checks if variable X is in the list [1,2,3,4] you will want … Read more
If you review the foreign key documentation, if you have a relationship like Doc -> has many DocImages you need to define your foreign key on the DocImages class like so: class DocImage(models.Model): property = models.ForeignKey(Doc, related_name=”images”) If you don’t set related names, you can access the DocImages from the Doc like: Doc.docimage_set.all() Docs on … Read more