how can I change the modelform label and give it a custom name

Question

I want to create a custom name for on of the labels in my modelform this is my forms.py

class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):     body = forms.CharField(widget=PagedownWidget)     publish = forms.DateField(         widget=forms.SelectDateWidget,         initial=datetime.date.today,     )      class Meta:         model = Post         fields = [             "title",             "body",             "author",             "image",             "image_url",             "video_path",             "video",             "publish",             "tags",             "status"          ] 

I want to change the instead of video I want it to say embed. I checked the documentation but didn't find anything that would help me do that. is it possible without me having to rearrange my model? if so how? thanks

Answer 1

From the documentation:

You can specify the labels, help_texts and error_messages attributes of the inner Meta class if you want to further customize a field.

There are examples just below that section of the docs. So, you can do:

class Meta:     model = Post     labels = {         "video": "Embed"     } 

Answer 2

Yes, you can. Simply use the label argument:

class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):     ...     video = forms.FileField(label='embed') 

or define it inside your Meta class:

class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):     ...     class Meta:         ...         labels = {             "video": "embed"             ...         }