id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 29107 Document that ModelForm isn't actually a subclass of Form Haydar Al-Rikabi nobody "In the [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/forms/#more-about-django-form-classes Django docs], I've read the following statement: **All form classes are created as subclasses of django.forms.Form, including the ModelForm, which you encounter in Django’s admin.** \\ I believe that the above statement is wrong because as the Django project on Github does not show that ModelForm is a subclass of django.forms.Form. \\ in /django/forms/models.py the class ModelForm is subclass of BaseModelForm which is also a subclass of BaseForm (located in /django/forms/forms.py). in /django/forms/forms.py the class Form is a subclass of BaseForm. \\ So, as you can see, both django.forms.Form and django.forms.ModelForm are subclasses of BaseForm, but ModelForm is not a subclass of Form as the docs state." Bug closed Documentation 2.0 Normal fixed ModelForm, Form, subclass Accepted 1 0 0 0 0 0