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10427	Bound field needs an easy way to get form value	Ludvig Ericson	Chris Beaven	"When you want to render your own forms in templates, without any sort of widgetery, you bump into an issue: it is impossible to get the actual value of a field in a succinct and clean way.

Looking at Django's code for figuring this out, it clearly is a non-trivial task, and one you can easily get wrong.

So, to remedy this, I suggest adding a `value` attribute to `BoundField`, which simply returns that exact value. This could be used in templates like so:

{{{
#!jinja
<input type=""text"" name=""{{ form.username.name }}"" value=""{{ form.username.value }}"">
}}}

I for one find this both intuitive and readable."		closed	Forms	dev		fixed	form field value	michal@… gabor@… viksit@… paulschreiber@… kmike84@… proppy@… matt@… martin.paquette@… wsartori@… postal2600@… dirleyrls@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0