Using a custom widget for a item in ModelForm should use the model verbose_name?

[Walter Rodrigo de Sá Cruz]

Hi all! To simplify my question, I will use a sample code from the docs: ​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/?from=olddocs#a-full-example.

Say, by example, that I have added verbose names to the three fields, name as "Full Name", title as "Honor Title" and birth_date as "Birthday". Using a custom widget on a model form (like the sample, widget=forms.Select(choices=TITLE_CHOICES) to the title field) will make my form don't use the verbose name from the modelas the label. To add the correct label, I've to add a label='Something'. I expected that the generated model would use the verbose names from the model, even if I override some widget. Am I right in my expectation?

[Brian Rosner]

This is documented behavior. ​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/#overriding-the-default-field-types. You either just have to re-specify it or override the ModelForm's __init__ and pop the widget it through self.fields.