A simple tag to add attributes to elements in Django

add_attr.py

from django import template

register = template.Library()


@register.simple_tag
def add_attr(field, **kwargs):
    return field.as_widget(attrs=kwargs)

Add_Attributes_To_Django_Template_Elements.md

To use this - add add_attr.py to you your Django project in the templatetags directory.

Structure would look something like this:

• Project Dir
  • App Dir
    • templatetags
      • add_attr.py

In the view where you want to add an attribute to something - you would load it at the top of the file with

{% load add_attr %}

Useage within the view template:

{% add_attr form.username class='form-control' %}

This adds a class to the form.username element of 'form-control'