base_field initial value is not setting from _init_ function

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Have a look at this question fields and base_fields - Django. I want to do the exact stuff, except I need to set the initial for this field instead of choice. Even I have swap the order of lines also as mentioned in the answer of that question, but I am not getting the initial set value at frond end. mean while when I tried to check the code with pdb, I was getting no error and value also set to 5 successfully

class NewFlatpageForm(FlatpageForm):
        template_name = forms.ChoiceField(choices = [])
        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
           super(NewFlatpageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
           self.base_fields['template_name'].initial = 5

Why do you have to do this in the init method? Why not just in the field definition (`ChoiceField(initial=5)`)? — Daniel Roseman, Aug 14 '12 at 09:40
This 5 is only for the question , I am setting a variable to it basically whose value I am getting from init function only — NIlesh Sharma, Aug 14 '12 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 14 '12 at 16:08

Make sure the super call goes first in your __init__ method, then modify the field's initial value in self.fields, not self.base_fields.

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
       super(NewFlatpageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
       self.fields['template_name'].initial = 5

base_field initial value is not setting from _init_ function

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