What are naming rules of templates in django class based views

Question

When using class-based views, many of them have default rule to automatically search a template so we don't need to specify it every time we use a class-based view.

But I can't find any article writes about how default naming is done.

What are the rules to define default template name?

Answer 1

You can give template name as model_viewtype.html

Example: if model name is Abcd

• for ListView: abcd_list.html
• for CreateView: abcd_form.html
• for DetailView: abcd_detail.html

And if you still face issues, the debugger will suggest you.

Answer 2

Well if you don't create template, debugger is telling you which template you need to create. So if you want try it one by one. Otherwise use template_name = 'example.html'