Ticket #19537: 19537-1.diff

django/forms/widgets.py

@@ -533 +533 @@
     def _has_changed(self, initial, data):
         # Sometimes data or initial could be None or '' which should be the
         # same thing as False.
+        if initial == 'False':
+            # show_hidden_initial may have transformed False to 'False'
+            initial = False
         return bool(initial) != bool(data)
 
 class Select(Widget):

tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py

@@ -240 +240 @@
         self.assertTrue(w._has_changed(False, 'on'))
         self.assertFalse(w._has_changed(True, 'on'))
         self.assertTrue(w._has_changed(True, ''))
+        # Initial value may have mutated to a string due to show_hidden_initial (#19537)
+        self.assertTrue(w._has_changed('False', 'on'))
 
     def test_select(self):
         w = Select()