Opened 18 years ago

Closed 18 years ago

Last modified 18 years ago

#5081 closed (wontfix)

Defaults newforms' BooleanField to required=False

Reported by: k0001 <gnuk0001@…> Owned by: Adrian Holovaty
Component: Forms Version: dev
Severity: Keywords: booleanfield required
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

Defaults newforms' BooleanField to required=False so you don't get validation errors when the checkbox is unchecked.

Attachments (2)

patch.diff​ (418 bytes ) - added by k0001 <gnuk0001@…> 18 years ago.
django/newforms/fields.py
patch.2.diff​ (440 bytes ) - added by k0001 <gnuk0001@…> 18 years ago.
django/newforms/fields.py

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Change History (5)

by k0001 <gnuk0001@…>, 18 years ago

Attachment: patch.diff​ added

django/newforms/fields.py

by k0001 <gnuk0001@…>, 18 years ago

Attachment: patch.2.diff​ added

django/newforms/fields.py

comment:1 by anonymous, 18 years ago

Why would this be good? All other fields default to required=True. This would be a backwards incompatible change for no gains.

comment:2 by Adrian Holovaty, 18 years ago

Resolution: → wontfix
Status: new → closed

Closing this as a wontfix because there's no good reason to make this change.

comment:3 by Philippe Raoult, 18 years ago

kind of duplicate with #5104

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