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16305	Create a form.TextField() form field	rich@…	nobody	"To create a Text Field in a model, one calls:

models.TextField()

yet to create a TextField in a form, one must:

forms.CharField(max_length=200, widget=forms.TextInput({}))

Also, a ModelForm can bind to a model with a TextField by creating a CharField with a TextInput widget, like above.

Why not make a forms.TextField as a shortcut (simply a CharField with a different default widget).

The key benefit here would simply to make the Forms and Models symmetrical. As a developer, using a TextField in one place and then a CharField/widgetTextInput in another place to create the same effect seems very counter-intuitive, especially when the fix is so simple.

What do you think?
"	New feature	closed	Forms	1.3	Normal	wontfix	forms, default		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	1	0