A Torchbox-flavoured template pack for django-crispy-forms, adapted from crispy-forms-gds
Project description
Torchbox Forms
A Torchbox-flavoured template pack for django-crispy-forms, adapted from crispy-forms-gds.
Out of the box, forms created with tbxforms will look like the
GOV.UK Design System, though many
variables can be customised.
Contents
Installation
You must install both the Python package and the NPM package.
Install the Python package
Install using pip
pip install tbxforms
Update/define settings
Add django-crispy-forms and tbxforms to your installed apps:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...
'crispy_forms', # django-crispy-forms
'tbxforms',
]
Now add the following settings to tell django-crispy-forms to use tbxforms:
CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = ["tbx"]
CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "tbx"
Install the NPM package
Install using NPM
npm install tbxforms
Instantiate your forms
import TbxForms from 'tbxforms';
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
for (const form of document.querySelectorAll(TbxForms.selector())) {
new TbxForms(form);
}
});
Import the styles into your project
...Either as CSS without any customisations:
@use 'node_modules/tbxforms/style.css';
...Or as Sass to customise variables:
@use 'node_modules/tbxforms/tbxforms.scss' with (
$tbxforms-error-colour: #f00,
$tbxforms-text-colour: #000,
);
Alternatively, variables can be defined in a centralised variables SCSS such as tbxforms/static/sass/abstracts/_variables.scss.
Add button styles
tbxforms provides out-of-the-box GOV.UK Design System styles for everything
except buttons, as styles for these probably exist in your project.
You will need to write button styles for the following classes:
.tbxforms-button.tbxforms-button.tbxforms-button--primary.tbxforms-button.tbxforms-button--secondary.tbxforms-button.tbxforms-button--warning
Usage
tbxforms supports Django and Wagtail forms.
Django forms
All forms must inherit from TbxFormsBaseForm and whichever Django base form class.
from django import forms
from tbxforms.forms import BaseForm as TbxFormsBaseForm
class ExampleForm(TbxFormsBaseForm, forms.Form):
# < Your field definitions and helper property >
class ExampleModelForm(TbxFormsBaseForm, forms.ModelForm):
# < Your field definitions, ModelForm config, and helper property >
Wagtail forms
Create or update a Wagtail form
Wagtail forms must inheirt from TbxFormsBaseForm and WagtailBaseForm.
from wagtail.contrib.forms.forms import BaseForm as WagtailBaseForm
from tbxforms.forms import BaseForm as TbxFormsBaseForm
class ExampleWagtailForm(TbxFormsBaseForm, WagtailBaseForm):
# < Your helper property >
Instruct a Wagtail Page model to use your form
In your form definitions (e.g. forms.py):
from tbxforms.forms import BaseWagtailFormBuilder as TbxFormsBaseWagtailFormBuilder
from path.to.your.forms import ExampleWagtailForm
class WagtailFormBuilder(TbxFormsBaseWagtailFormBuilder):
def get_form_class(self):
return type(str("WagtailForm"), (ExampleWagtailForm,), self.formfields)
And in your form page models (e.g. models.py):
from path.to.your.forms import WagtailFormBuilder
class ExampleFormPage(...):
...
form_builder = WagtailFormBuilder
...
Render a form
Just like Django Crispy Forms, you need to pass your form object to the
{% crispy ... %} template tag, e.g.:
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
<html>
<body>
{% crispy your_form %}
</body>
</html>
Add a submit button and customise the form via the helper property
Submit buttons are not automatically added - you will need to do this by
extending the form helper's layout (example below).
Every form that inherits from TbxFormsBaseForm will have the following
attributes set:
html5_required = Truelabel_size = Size.MEDIUMlegend_size = Size.MEDIUMform_error_title = _("There is a problem with your submission")- Plus everything from django-crispy-forms' default attributes.
These can be overridden (and/or additional attributes from the above list defined) just like you would do with any other inherited class, e.g.:
from django import forms
from wagtail.contrib.forms.forms import BaseForm as WagtailBaseForm
from tbxforms.forms import BaseForm as TbxFormsBaseForm
from tbxforms.layout import Button, Size
class YourSexyForm(TbxFormsBaseForm, forms.Form):
@property
def helper(self):
fh = super().helper
# Override some settings
fh.html5_required = False
fh.label_size = Size.SMALL
fh.form_error_title = _("Something's wrong, yo.")
# Add a submit button
fh.layout.extend([
Button.primary(
name="submit",
type="submit",
value="Submit",
)
])
return fh
Change the label and legend classes
Possible values for the label_size and legend_size:
SMALLMEDIUM(default)LARGEEXTRA_LARGE
Conditionally-required fields
tbxforms can show/hide parts of the layout depending on a given value. For
example, you could show (and require) an email address field only when the user
chooses to sign up to a newsletter (examples below).
You can apply this logic to field, div, and fieldset elements.
Note: any field names included within the
conditional_fields_to_show_as_required() method will appear on the frontend
as required, though will technically be required=False.
Field example:
from django import forms
from tbxforms.choices import Choice
from tbxforms.forms import BaseForm as TbxFormsBaseForm
from tbxforms.layout import Field, Layout
class ExampleForm(TbxFormsBaseForm, forms.Form):
NEWSLETTER_CHOICES = (
Choice("yes", "Yes please", hint="Receive occasional email newsletters."),
Choice("no", "No thanks"),
)
newsletter_signup = forms.ChoiceField(
choices=NEWSLETTER_CHOICES
)
email = forms.EmailField(
widget=forms.EmailInput(required=False)
)
@staticmethod
def conditional_fields_to_show_as_required() -> [str]:
# Non-required fields that should show as required to the user.
return [
"email",
]
@property
def helper(self):
fh = super().helper
# Override what is rendered for this form.
fh.layout = Layout(
# Add our newsletter sign-up field.
Field("newsletter_signup"),
# Add our email field and define the conditional logic.
Field(
"email",
data_conditional={
"field_name": "newsletter_signup", # Field to inspect.
"values": ["yes"], # Value(s) to cause this field to show.
},
),
)
return fh
def clean(self):
cleaned_data = super().clean()
newsletter_signup = cleaned_data.get("newsletter_signup")
email = cleaned_data.get("email")
# Fields included within `conditional_fields_to_show_as_required()` will
# be shown as required but not enforced - i.e. they will not have the
# HTML5 `required` attribute set.
# Thus we need to write our own check to enforce the value exists.
if newsletter_signup == "yes" and not email:
raise ValidationError(
{
"email": _("This field is required."),
}
)
# The tbxforms JS will attempt to clear any redundant data upon submission,
# though it is recommended to also handle this in your clean() method.
elif newsletter_signup == "no" and email:
del cleaned_data['email']
return cleaned_data
Container example:
When you have multiple fields/elements that you want to show/hide together, you
can use the exact same data_conditional definition as above but on a div or
fieldset element, e.g.:
from tbxforms.layout import HTML, Div, Field
Layout(
Div(
HTML("<p>Some relevant text.</p>"),
Field("some_other_field"),
Field("email"),
data_conditional={
"field_name": "newsletter_signup",
"values": ["yes"],
},
),
)
Further reading
- Download the PyPi package
- Download the NPM package
- Learn more about Django Crispy Forms
- Learn more about Crispy Forms GDS
- Learn more about GOV.UK Design System
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