Empty label in widget Select

Question

Here in Forms we can use the empty_label. I use widget Select, my choices are from database, does it possible to use here empty_label? In model I have:

position = forms.IntegerField(label=position_label, required=False, 
    widget=forms.Select(choices=Position.objects.all().values_list('id', 'position'),
    attrs={'class':'main', 'title': position_label},
    ), empty_label="(Empty)")

But the error is:

TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'empty_label'

How to set the label to 'Empty'?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '13 at 12:54

There are two ways to implement empty_label:

class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(MyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['field_name'].empty_label = "(Select here)"
        self.fields['field_name'].widget.attrs['class'] = 'main'
        self.fields['field_name'].queryset = Position.objects.all().values_list('id', 'position')

//OR   

class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
    field_name = forms.ModelChoiceField(
        queryset=Position.objects.all().values_list('id', 'position'), 
        empty_label="(Select here)"
        )

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

Thanks for .widget.attrs['class']. I thought the shortest method was: .widget = forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': '...'}) — Adam, Nov 26 '13 at 21:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '13 at 12:18

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empty_label is a property of the field, not the widget. You already have a label set for position.

answered Mar 05 '13 at 12:18

Brandon Taylor

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But I need empty_label 'Empty', not first 'position' from db – Leon Mar 05 '13 at 12:22
Then you need to revise your question. Your question was how can I fix the TypeError, not how to set the label to 'Empty' – Brandon Taylor Mar 05 '13 at 12:26
Oh, yeah. Sorry for my inattantion. And does it possible [to set the label to 'Empty']? How do this? – Leon Mar 05 '13 at 12:31
Since you're returning a values_list, you can simply insert the value you need at the beginning of the list. Assuming `foo` is a list: foo.insert(0, ('Empty', '',)). More information on lists: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html – Brandon Taylor Mar 05 '13 at 12:34
`AttributeError: 'ValuesListQuerySet' object has no attribute 'insert'` I use `foo = Position.objects.all().values_list('id', 'position')` – Leon Mar 05 '13 at 12:48
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Convert the result of the ORM call to a list first, then you can use `insert` – Brandon Taylor Mar 05 '13 at 12:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 10 '17 at 12:32

from the Django Documentation https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/forms/widgets/#django.forms.SelectDateWidget

If the DateField is not required, SelectDateWidget will have an empty choice at the top of the list (which is --- by default). You can change the text of this label with the empty_label attribute. empty_label can be a string, list, or tuple. When a string is used, all select boxes will each have an empty choice with this label. If empty_label is a list or tuple of 3 string elements, the select boxes will have their own custom label. The labels should be in this order ('year_label', 'month_label', 'day_label').

Empty label in widget Select

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