Dropdown in Django Model

Question

I want to create a field in Django models.py which will render as a dropdown and user can select the options from there.

If I have 5 choices:

• GREEN
• BLUE
• RED
• ORANGE
• BLACK

How should I write my code in models.py and Forms.py so that the template renders it like a dropdown element?

Answer 1

From model to template :

models.py

COLOR_CHOICES = (     ('green','GREEN'),     ('blue', 'BLUE'),     ('red','RED'),     ('orange','ORANGE'),     ('black','BLACK'), )  class MyModel(models.Model):   color = models.CharField(max_length=6, choices=COLOR_CHOICES, default='green') 

forms.py

class MyModelForm(ModelForm):     class Meta:         model = MyModel         fields = ['color'] 

views.py

class CreateMyModelView(CreateView):     model = MyModel     form_class = MyModelForm     template_name = 'myapp/template.html'     success_url = 'myapp/success.html' 

template.html

<form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}     {{ form.as_p }}     <input type="submit" value="Create" /> </form> 

or to display your select field only :

{{ form.color }} 

Answer 2

Specify CharField or IntegerField with choices option in your model https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#choices and use ModelForm https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/.