Django: Make certain fields in a ModelForm required=False

Question

How do I make certain fields in a ModelForm required=False?

If I have:

class ThatForm(ModelForm):   class Meta:     widgets = {"text": Textarea(required=False)} 

Or if I have:

class ThatForm(ModelForm):   text = Textarea(required=False) 

Django returns:

__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'required' 

Answer 1

following from comments. Probably yes:

class ThatForm(ModelForm):     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):         # first call parent's constructor         super(ThatForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)         # there's a `fields` property now         self.fields['desired_field_name'].required = False