FileFields ignore initial data when required=False

[Dave Hall]

If you create a form containing a FileField where required=False, then the field will ignore any initial value passed in.

from django import forms
from django.core.files import File

class MyForm(forms.Form):
    file_field = forms.FileField(required=False)

test_file = File(open("test.txt"))

form = MyForm(data={}, initial={"file_field": test_file})

form.is_valid()  # Force form validation.

print form.cleaned_data["file_field"]  # prints None

Given that an initial value was supplied, the cleaned_data should now contain the initial value. However, it contains None, as the initial value has been silently discarded.

[Dave Hall]

Looking over the Django source code, it would appear that this issue has been fixed. Many thanks!

Would it be okay to mark this as fixed?

[Russell Keith-Magee]

If you believe an issue has been resolved, then mark it closed. Trac is completely open for all to modify for exactly this reason. If it turns out you are mistaken, the original reporter can always reopen. In this case, you *are* the original reporter, so that's not likely to happen :-)