Creating a form layout with custom templates

In earlier versions of Django, all form rendering was handled exclusively in Python code, but since Django 1.11, template-based form widget rendering has been introduced. In this recipe, we will examine how to use custom templates for form widgets. We are going to use the Django administration form to illustrate how the custom widget templates can improve the usability of the fields.

Getting ready

Let's create the default Django administration for the Idea model and its translations:

# myproject/apps/ideas/admin.py
from django import forms
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

from myproject.apps.core.admin import LanguageChoicesForm...