django-ui-forms

Django UI Forms

A Django reusable app to extend forms and provide UI with templates available for Bootstrap and Tailwind CSS.

https://pypi.org/project/django-ui-forms/

Features

• Custom form handling with Bootstrap and Tailwind CSS support.
• Easy to use and integrate into existing Django projects.
• Flexible and reusable components for better form management.

Installation

You can install this package via pip:

pip install django-ui-forms

Usage

To use this package in your Django project, follow these steps:

1. Add django_ui_forms to your INSTALLED_APPS in your Django settings:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django_ui_forms',
]

1. Create your forms by extending BootstrapBaseUiForms or TailwindBaseUiForms:

from django import forms
from django_ui_forms.forms import BootstrapBaseUiForms, TailwindBaseUiForms

class MyForm(BootstrapBaseUiForms, forms.Form):
    my_field = forms.CharField(label='My Field')

class MyModelForm(TailwindBaseUiForms, forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = '__all__'

1. Update custom form renderer in your settings:

from django.forms.renderers import TemplatesSetting

class CustomFormRenderer(TemplatesSetting):
form_template_name = "bootstrap_forms_snipprt.html" # for Bootstrap
form_template_name = "tailwind_forms_snipprt.html" # for Tailwind

FORM_RENDERER = 'your_project_name.settings.CustomFormRenderer'

1. Use the forms in your views and templates.

Example

See the examples/ directory for a complete example of how to use this package in a Django project.

Running Tests

Tests are Under Development

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.